now well famous South Korean go master
he said dole has retired ending a
legendary career spanning 24 years he's
not only famous Ries kill and dominance
against regular human beings but also
for securing an astonishing victory
against Google's artificial intelligence
program alphago back in 2016
kim hyusun reports south korean go
master is adored the only human to have
scored a win against the AI program
alphago retired on tuesday he did not
explain why he decided to end his 24
year career
the 36 year old submitted his letter of
retirement to the korea paducah
sociation which oversees go
professionals in south korea throughout
his career he won 18 global competitions
and scored 32 victories in local events
he has reportedly earned around 8.4
million u.s. dollars in prize money over
the course of his glittering career Lee
garden global attention in 2016 when he
beats alphago of google's deepmind
technologies despite the fact that he
was defeated by the AI system four to
one in the famous 5 Series match off go
is a game played between humans I think
it's more meaningful to compete against
my peers and did he would retire in the
near future after his game with his
Chinese rival kochiya in March you said
he was going to retire following his
master Kashem March he's a huge do so
late this year or early next year
I think he was looking for the right
time closing the chapter on his
legendary career as a go master Isidora
now prepares for the check and chapter
in his life kim erson arirang news
