You need to think beyond yourself. You know how to look, how to act, how to eat, how to live. And you have to know that it’s the soul in you, not the external world in you.

Go is famous for it’s games between masters and now it seems like machine learning is a new master after playing Lee Sedol in 2016. One of the most famous games is covered in the book by Yasunari Kawabata, “The Master of Go”, it is the historic 1938 match between the reigning master, Honinbo Shusai and Kitani Minoru, referred to as The Meijin’s Retirement Game. The SGF of the game is available for downloading.

LeelaZero Analysis

LeelaZero can even analyze a previously saved game that was stored in the SGF format. Opening the file in an editor we can see some details in the header of the SGF file, italics are my notes, not in the file…

PB[Kitani Minoru]  Player Black
PW[Honinbo Shusai] Player White
BR[7p] Black Rank 7p, 7 Professional Dan
WR[9p] White Rank 9p, 9 Professional Dan
RE[B+5] Black Wins By 5 Points
EV[The Meijin’s Retirement Game]
PC[Koyokan, Tokyo (2 sessions), Naraya, Hakone (8 sessions), Dankoen, Ito (5 sessions)]
SO[Yasunari Kawabata, “The Master of Go”;

Below is an analysis of the famous Honinbo Shusai and Kitani Minoru game at move 52, not looking good for black as can be seen from the descending green line on the left.