"The beauty is endless"

Wow.  Lee Sedol got walloped last night.  This was the first game I could watch (the others I had to teach at 9 am the next morning).  It's so exciting to watch it live.  AlphaGo is just so damned good.  All the pros are in love with her (or him, depending on their gender preference).

I really love Guo Juan's commentary on the first game.  At the end, she answers a few questions, including whether this spells the end for Go as a human endeavor.  I agree with her 100% when she says, "In the end, what I want to say is, we love Go...  the beauty is endless."  I fell in love with Go before I knew anything about how good or bad computers were at playing it.  That has nothing to do with it.  It's just stunning in its own right.

Meanwhile, in my own humble, human Go world, I have my City League round 5 game tomorrow.  There are five Boston teams playing in the City League, so we often play each other, and this round is one of those times.  I'll be playing against Audrey, who is playing as a 4d. The official play date is next week, but we also have the Boston Spring Open next week, so we decided to play this weekend to avoid being exhausted by the tournament the day before.  Of course, this weekend might be worse since I'm staying up all night to watch AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol.


So, here are a couple of Audrey's earlier City League games. Maybe I'm just too tired, but I really don't know what lessons to draw from these. In this first game, she plays black:

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[7.50]TM[3600] GN[jingkaiwei-mq4ever(B) IGS]PW[jingkaiwei]PB[mq4ever]WR[3d]BR[4d]DT[2016-01-25]CP[ Copyright (c) PANDANET Inc. 2016 Permission to reproduce this game is given, provided proper credit is given. No warrantee, implied or explicit, is understood. Use of this game is an understanding and agreement of this notice. ]EV[Internet Go Server game: jingkaiwei vs mq4ever]PC[IGS: igs.joyjoy.net 6969]US[Brought to you by IGS PANDANET]RE[W+Resign]LT[]NB[32]NW[31]RR[Normal] ;B[pd]BL[3594] ;W[dp]WL[3595] ;B[pq]BL[3591] ;W[dd]WL[3593] ;B[fq]BL[3588] ;W[cn]WL[3592] ;B[jp]BL[3578] ;W[qn]WL[3590] ;B[po]BL[3574] ;W[rp]WL[3589] ;B[ql]BL[3572] ;W[qq]WL[3588] ;B[pn]BL[3546] ;W[pr]WL[3586] ;B[oq]BL[3541] ;W[or]WL[3584] ;B[nq]BL[3532] ;W[nr]WL[3583] ;B[mq]BL[3527] ;W[qm]WL[3579] ;B[pm]BL[3522] ;W[rl]WL[3572] ;B[rm]BL[3512] ;W[rn]WL[3566] ;B[rk]BL[3509] ;W[sm]WL[3565] ;B[qk]BL[3506] ;W[nc]WL[3563] ;B[ne]BL[3499] ;W[qc]WL[3559] ;B[qd]BL[3480] ;W[pc]WL[3557] ;B[rc]BL[3468] ;W[rb]WL[3555] ;B[rd]BL[3465] ;W[ld]WL[3537] ;B[lf]BL[3460] ;W[li]WL[3516] ;B[ji]BL[3443] ;W[lk]WL[3477] ;B[mj]BL[3433] ;W[lj]WL[3472] ;B[jk]BL[3430] ;W[oj]WL[3444] ;B[nk]BL[3356] ;W[mi]WL[3438] ;B[jf]BL[3341] ;W[oh]WL[3373] ;B[ok]BL[3272] ;W[nj]WL[3242] ;B[mk]BL[3265] ;W[mg]WL[3237] ;B[mf]BL[3132] ;W[lg]WL[3226] ;B[kg]BL[3128] ;W[od]WL[3190] ;B[oe]BL[3099] ;W[pf]WL[3187] ;B[ng]BL[3066] ;W[nh]WL[3176] ;B[og]BL[3058] ;W[pg]WL[3133] ;B[ph]BL[3052] ;W[qi]WL[3094] ;B[qh]BL[3044] ;W[rh]WL[2981] ;B[qg]BL[3036] ;W[pi]WL[2943] ;B[qf]BL[3009] ;W[rf]WL[2941] ;B[qe]BL[3005] ;W[rj]WL[2940] ;B[ll]BL[3002] ;W[kl]WL[2896] ;B[kk]BL[2993] ;W[lm]WL[2891] ;B[ml]BL[2991] ;W[jl]WL[2868] ;B[il]BL[2985] ;W[im]WL[2865] ;B[ik]BL[2976] ;W[jn]WL[2857] ;B[fo]BL[2961] ;W[kp]WL[2852] ;B[jq]BL[2954] ;W[jo]WL[2839] ;B[ln]BL[2922] ;W[kq]WL[2832] ;B[mr]BL[2881] ;W[hq]WL[2826] ;B[ir]BL[2866] ;W[hr]WL[2819] ;B[kr]BL[2861] ;W[gm]WL[2783] ;B[en]BL[2852] ;W[dr]WL[2767] ;B[er]BL[2846] ;W[eq]WL[2765] ;B[ep]BL[2843] ;W[dq]WL[2765] ;B[gr]BL[2839] ;W[gp]WL[2762] ;B[fp]BL[2837] ;W[ip]WL[2690] ;B[ho]BL[2779] ;W[go]WL[2685] ;B[hn]BL[2778] ;W[gn]WL[2682] ;B[fl]BL[2726] ;W[gl]WL[2647] ;B[fk]BL[2717] ;W[gk]WL[2646] ;B[fj]BL[2710] ;W[gj]WL[2642] ;B[fi]BL[2707] ;W[hi]WL[2627] ;B[km]BL[2704] ;W[jm]WL[2626] ;B[kn]BL[2701] ;W[jh]WL[2622] ;B[ih]BL[2621] ;W[ii]WL[2618] ;B[ki]BL[2618] ;W[kj]WL[2587] ;B[jj]BL[2613] ;W[kh]WL[2586] ;B[lh]BL[2609] ;W[mh]WL[2545] ;B[jg]BL[2607] ;W[lh]WL[2534] ;B[oi]BL[2605] ;W[ni]WL[2533] ;B[pj]BL[2602] ;W[oi]WL[2532] ;OS[])

In this game, she plays white:

(;GM[1]FF[4]CA[UTF-8]AP[CGoban:3]ST[2] RU[Japanese]SZ[19]KM[7.50]TM[3600] GN[mq4ever-qwei33(B) IGS]PW[mq4ever]PB[qwei33]WR[4d]BR[1d]DT[2016-02-22]CP[ Copyright (c) PANDANET Inc. 2016 Permission to reproduce this game is given, provided proper credit is given. No warrantee, implied or explicit, is understood. Use of this game is an understanding and agreement of this notice. ]EV[Internet Go Server game: mq4ever vs qwei33]PC[IGS: igs.joyjoy.net 6969]US[Brought to you by IGS PANDANET]RE[W+Resign]LT[]NB[29]NW[32]RR[Normal] ;B[pc]BL[3547] ;W[pp]WL[3563] ;B[cd]BL[3498] ;W[cp]WL[3556] ;B[qj]BL[3428] ;W[ed]WL[3506] ;B[ec]BL[3388] ;W[fc]WL[3505] ;B[dc]BL[3385] ;W[gd]WL[3488] ;B[cf]BL[3382] ;W[kc]WL[3481] ;B[pe]BL[3353] ;W[nc]WL[3477] ;B[pg]BL[3330] ;W[iq]WL[3471] ;B[qn]BL[3326] ;W[np]WL[3467] ;B[ep]BL[3133] ;W[eq]WL[3451] ;B[fq]BL[3122] ;W[dq]WL[3448] ;B[cm]BL[2910] ;W[fp]WL[3440] ;B[gp]BL[2903] ;W[fo]WL[3426] ;B[hq]BL[2901] ;W[fr]WL[3422] ;B[jq]BL[2890] ;W[ip]WL[3408] ;B[ir]BL[2820] ;W[gq]WL[3358] ;B[hr]BL[2810] ;W[lq]WL[3335] ;B[jp]BL[2693] ;W[io]WL[3318] ;B[jo]BL[2627] ;W[in]WL[3308] ;B[jn]BL[2616] ;W[kr]WL[3293] ;B[im]BL[2603] ;W[go]WL[3278] ;B[jr]BL[2590] ;W[om]WL[3250] ;B[rp]BL[2517] ;W[jm]WL[3207] ;B[km]BL[2514] ;W[jl]WL[3206] ;B[ln]BL[2513] ;W[kl]WL[3170] ;B[ll]BL[2510] ;W[mm]WL[3169] ;B[lm]BL[2507] ;W[cj]WL[3152] ;B[hn]BL[2504] ;W[ho]WL[3149] ;B[dk]BL[2500] ;W[dj]WL[3146] ;B[fk]BL[2497] ;W[ek]WL[3139] ;B[el]BL[2495] ;W[ej]WL[3138] ;B[gl]BL[2424] ;W[fm]WL[3118] ;B[fl]BL[2411] ;W[gi]WL[3110] ;B[hj]BL[2086] ;W[jj]WL[3094] ;B[hi]BL[2082] ;W[gh]WL[3091] ;B[hh]BL[2078] ;W[jh]WL[3057] ;B[gg]BL[2074] ;W[eh]WL[3040] ;B[he]BL[1922] ;W[fg]WL[3005] ;B[je]BL[1806] ;W[ic]WL[2685] ;B[ki]BL[1730] ;W[ji]WL[2680] ;B[mi]BL[1647] ;W[hl]WL[2658] ;B[hm]BL[1558] ;W[hk]WL[2653] ;B[gj]BL[1507] ;W[gm]WL[2646] ;B[le]BL[1294] ;W[ig]WL[2643] ;B[hg]BL[1291] ;W[if]WL[2641] ;B[ge]BL[1290] ;W[ie]WL[2637] ;B[fe]BL[1282] ;W[fd]WL[2601] ;B[ef]BL[1228] ;W[dl]WL[2562] ;B[dm]BL[1224] ;W[ck]WL[2507] ;B[em]BL[1139] ;W[de]WL[2499] ;B[df]BL[759] ;W[ce]WL[2485] ;B[be]BL[753] ;W[ee]WL[2436] ;B[ff]BL[745] ;W[hf]WL[2385] ;B[gf]BL[734] ;W[fj]WL[2382] ;B[gk]BL[723] ;W[bd]WL[2378] ;B[bg]BL[578] ;W[ae]WL[2373] ;B[af]BL[550] ;W[bf]WL[2370] ;B[eg]BL[354] ;W[ag]WL[2360] ;B[fh]BL[346] ;W[fi]WL[2356] ;B[dh]BL[342] ;W[bh]WL[2319] ;B[cg]BL[327] ;W[ei]WL[2296] ;B[bi]BL[305] ;W[ci]WL[2288] ;B[ch]BL[304] ;W[ah]WL[2286] ;B[bo]BL[248] ;W[bp]WL[2248] ;B[bl]BL[64] ;W[bn]WL[2237] ;B[bk]BL[546] ;W[bj]WL[2233] ;B[co]BL[428] ;W[cn]WL[2214] ;B[am]BL[392] ;W[do]WL[2173] ;B[fn]BL[356] ;W[gn]WL[2163] ;B[ak]BL[308] ;W[bm]WL[2143] ;B[oq]BL[280] ;W[pq]WL[2133] ;B[mr]BL[277] ;W[lr]WL[2101] ;B[pr]BL[274] ;W[nr]WL[2015] ;B[or]BL[271] ;W[ms]WL[1973] ;B[ks]BL[265] ;W[op]WL[1949] ;B[qq]BL[260] ;W[mo]WL[1925] ;B[nq]BL[252] ;W[mq]WL[1924] ;B[lp]BL[250] ;W[lo]WL[1919] ;B[kp]BL[245] ;W[mp]WL[1914] ;B[nn]BL[244] ;W[mn]WL[1904] ;B[on]BL[240] ;W[qp]WL[1812] ;B[rq]BL[234] ;W[ml]WL[1714] ;B[lk]BL[222] ;W[pn]WL[1701] ;B[hd]BL[207] ;W[hc]WL[1685] ;B[id]BL[205] ;W[jd]WL[1680] ;B[kd]BL[204] ;W[jc]WL[1668] ;B[jk]BL[152] ;W[kk]WL[1661] ;B[ao]BL[118] ;W[ap]WL[1611] ;B[kj]BL[85] ;W[ik]WL[1566] ;B[aj]BL[40] ;W[ai]WL[1549] ;B[cl]BL[598] ;W[af]WL[1539] ;OS[FindYoda][Russian6k][chenjxiang][plum][shauke][taksae3757][truman][vash3g])