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AI goodwill match featuring top players and DeepZenGo to stream live Thursday night

Two world-class pair-go events will be streamed live on Youtube starting Wednesday, October 4 at 9p EDT.  The first is a human pair/DeepZenGo event, pitting 2017 World Pair Go Champion pair Hsieh Yimin/Iyama Yuta teaming up with DeepZenGo against 2016 World Pair Go Champion Yu Zhiying/Ke Jie, also paired up with DeepZenGo.  The rules are new: on each side, the human pair and the AI alternate moves, with consultation between the two humans allowed.  This competition will start at 9p EDT on Wednesday,October 4here.  See this page for details.  

In the second event, the Hsieh/Iyama pair will compete with Yu/Ke for a special “Masters’ PairGo Match” here.  See this page for details.  For both events, Michael Redmond 9P will provide live commentary for both. - Thomas HsiangNOTE: the starting time for this event has been updated; it's 9p EDT, not 11p as originally reported.