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Michael Redmond, the only western-born pro to ever attain a 9-dan professional rank. (He sometimes does commentary for all-human pro tournaments for Japanese T

by rst 9y ago

Michael Redmond, the only western-born pro to ever attain a 9-dan professional rank. (He sometimes does commentary for all-human pro tournaments for Japanese TV, in Japanese.) He's talking with Stephanie (Ming Ming) Yin, a 1-dan Chinese pro who currently teaches in New York.

f2f 9y ago
don't know who to respond to, but i really enjoy the way he thinks. he tends to take over the commentary a little bit, and i'd love to hear her opinion, but the commentary is very respectable. kudos to them,happy to hear he's well respected.
- wapz 9y ago
  He was voted best Go commentator on NHK(I believe) a few years ago (and Japan has a decent amount of professional go games on tv).
jackmott 9y ago
Is Stephanie the woman who predicted the famous AlphaGo move against Lee Sedol when playing along on youtube?
- namarie 9y ago
  That's Hajin Lee I think, who was also commenting.
  - apetresc 9y ago
    Yes, that was indeed Hajin Lee. She not only predicted it, but then also refuted it (correctly) before it ever appeared on the board.