Already for the 7th time in a row Iyama Yuta should be called "Kisei".
In this 43rd edition the challenger was Yamashita Keigo, which was
his 4th challenge in 6 years.
The Nihon Ki-in will promote Nakamura Sumire, daugther of
Nakamura Shinya, 9p at 2019-04-01 to 1p.
This is remarkable for two reasons: her age, and she has
never been part of the insei program.
However, after having seen a game of her against Cho U, 9p,
her promotion to 1p was a fact.
On 2019-01-06 she played a demo game with Iyama Yuta.
By taking the 54th Judan title Iyama Yuta completes the
grand slam, all seven major titles. These titles are:
Kisei, Honinbo, Meijin, Judan, Gosei, Oza and Tengen.
The last time a player accomplished this fact was Cho Chikun
back in 1987. Incidently, also by taking the (26th) Judan title.
After an initial lead by Lee SeDol in the final game of the match
against AlphaGo the computer fights back to eventually win by
resignation, being in the lead by about 2.5 points at that point.
This game concludes the match in which the computer prevailed by 4-1 over
top-player Lee SeDol from Korea.
See also: the complete match summary
by Hajin Lee
Lee SeDol takes one back in the match against AlphaGo.
See also: Michael Redmond's analysis
AlphaGo decides the match against Lee SeDol by also winning the 3rd game.
See also: Michael Redmond's analysis
AlphaGo also won the 2nd game of the match against Lee SeDol.
See also: Michael Redmond's analysis
AlphaGo won the 1st game of the match against Lee SeDol.
See also: Michael Redmond's analysis
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