Full name Kaori Aoba Residence Tokyo, Japan Kanji 青葉 かおり Teacher Yasumasa Hane | Rank 4 dan Affiliation Nihon Ki-in Name Kaori Aoba | |
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Born July 11, 1978 (age 45)
Aichi Prefecture, Japan ( 1978-07-11 ) Similar People Kana Mannami, Shei Imin, Cho Chikun | ||
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.
On 4 September 2008, Aoba was defeated by Crazy Stone, a Monte-Carlo Tree Search Go playing engine, in an 8-stone handicap game in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition match marks the earliest official defeat of a professional by a computer with a conventional handicap.
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