I think #AlphaGo is teaching the value of settling the position on your own terms quickly.
Crazy and crucial double hane, Ke Jie spending a lot of time on it
Still wondering what Ke Jie gave up for the lower left corner, must be something pretty big...
I feel like I should be eating popcorn
@upside can you unpack this board state for a non-player?
@DialMforMara The players are now in ko, where they are both trying to avoid "repeating the board position" (which is illegal). But because they *want* to repeat the board position to gain an advantage, they have to play forcing moves elsewhere first, and come back.
It gets complicated because the forcing moves have to be worth more than "ending the ko," which either player can choose for a loss.
Commentator gasps when #AlphaGO willfully ignores a threat.
Black (#AlphaGo) strong on lower right part of the board, looking scary to me
Ke Jie starts a bigger ko and the commentators are starting to talk quickly to keep up lol
So while I was away Ke Jie (W) somehow pulled magic off in the lower right and gets a connected dragon 🤘
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Leaning excitedly over the goban, Ke Jie massages his heart and exhales.
Ke Jie (W) rocking back and forth and fiddling with his go stones.
The game is super complicated.
Ke Jie resigns with a touch of a smile.
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@upside did somebody win?
@DialMforMara #AlphaGo won by resignation in Match 2 due to a huge fight that broke out, which decided the game. At the press conference after, the AlphaGo devs said they've never seen such an even game up to the 100th move. As if both were playing "perfect go."
I can see why Ke Jie was smiling and excited. It must have been a blast playing a game so difficult and back-and-forth.
@upside wow. What was the fight, and why was it the AI that had to resign?
@DialMforMara No, Ke Jie, human, resigned, because a large group of his stones became unmanageable. The fight spread over the whole board, with the life and death of huge groups of stones, for both players, in the balance.
TBH, I think due to the volatility of the game, either player could have won at once with a decisive move. It was highly complicated, way beyond my ability to grok it.
#AlphaGo finished the ko with advantage, and it's looking grim for Ke Jie. His hair is looking a bit messy.
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