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Redmond's Reviews, Episode 2: Honinbo Dosaku 9P v. Kikukawa Yuseki 5P

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Episode 2: Honinbo Dosaku 9P v. Kikukawa is the latest in the new series of video commentaries with Michael Redmond 9P and Chris Garlock, Managing Editor of the American Go E-Journal. In today's commentary, Redmond and Garlock take a look at a 347-year-old game that not only features the move that Kobayashi Koichi 9P said changed his life, but includes moves that Master -- the latest version of AlphaGo -- played in its recent 60-win sweep of top professionals. Go history in the making! Honinbo Dosaku (1645~1702) was by far the strongest player of his time, and is still considered to be one of the strongest players in go history. He made important contributions to go strategy for the opening, laying the foundations for the following golden period of progress for go. Produced by Michael Wanek and Andrew Jackson