World #2 Go player loses to AI player from China

The world's No. 2 Go chess player Ke Jie lost to an AI Go player from China called Golaxy after a two hour battle at the 2018 AI Go Competition on Friday in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province.

The world's No. 1 Go player Ke Jie in competition with Chinese AI Go program Golaxy on Apirl 27, 2018, in Fuzhou, Fujian Province [Photo: IC]

The 21-year-old was defeated by Google's AlphaGo last year and by Fina Art earlier this year.

The 2018 AI Go Competition attracted teams from around the world: Leela Zero from Belgium; Golois from France; Fina Art, TS Go, and Phoenix Go from China; BADUKi and DolBaram from South Korea; and HEROZ Kishin from Japan.

Golaxy won 28 out of 30 online competitions with professional Go players since making its debut earlier this month. Golaxy has made a lot of progress in developing its approach to the game compared with AlphaGo, according to Jin Xing, the chairman of Golaxy.