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 4 here. 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 Hsiang

NOTE: the starting time for this event has been updated; it’s 9p EDT, not 11p as originally reported.