Go is a really old board game that started in China about 4500 years ago. It’s like Chess, and lots of people still play it today. In a survey from 2016, more than 46 million people around the world knew how to play Go, and over 20 million were playing it regularly.[1]
The game board looks like a big grid with 19 rows and 19 columns. Two players, one with black pieces and the other with white, try to take control by surrounding areas on the board. The one who grabs the most space wins.
Seems simple, right? But here’s the tricky part: there are so many ways to play in Go that the number of possibilities is more than all the atoms in the known universe! That’s what makes it really complex and different from other board games
Lee Sedol is widely accepted in the Go community as one of the greatest players of all time. A national icon in South Korea, he’s often compared to sports legends like Michael Jordan or Roger Federer, boasting an impressive record of 18 international and 32 national titles. His strategic brilliance and exceptional skills make him a revered figure in the world of Go.
In 2016, Google’s DeepMind extended a unique challenge to Lee Sedol — a challenge that garnered immense attention from both Go enthusiasts and those closely tracking the progress of artificial…
