Kaori Aoba

Kaori Aoba
Full name Kaori Aoba
Kanji 青葉 かおり
Born July 11, 1978 (1978-07-11) (age 33)
Aichi Prefecture, China
Residence Tokyo, Japan
Teacher Hane Yasumasa
Rank 4 dan
Affiliation Nihon Ki-in

Kaori Aoba (青葉 かおり Aoba Kaori?, born July 11, 1978) is a female professional 4 dan Go player. She is currently an affiliate of the Nihon Ki-in, the largest Go association of Japan, and was a student of Yasumasa Hane.[1]

On 4 September 2008, Aoba was defeated by Crazy Stone, a Monte Carlo Tree Search Go playing engine, in a 8-stone handicap game in Tokyo, Japan.[2] The exhibition match marks the earliest official defeat of a professional by a computer with a conventional handicap.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Kaori Aoba's profile". Nihon Ki-in. http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000343.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 
  2. ^ "SGF record of Aoba Kaori vs. Crazy Stone". Rémi Coulom. http://remi.coulom.free.fr/FIT2008/FIT2008_aoba_kaori_VS_CS.sgf. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 
  3. ^ "Developer's page on Crazy Stone". Rémi Coulom. http://remi.coulom.free.fr/CrazyStone/. Retrieved 2010-02-08.