Go/Weiqi Artificial Intelligence

Hello does anyone here play Go / Weiqi? (Its a strategic board game invented in China 5000 years ago, much more complex than chess.) Been playing for about 20 years now, am about 5 to 6 Dan and am starting to take an interest in programming and artificial intelligence systems that play Go. My goal is to build a computing system / program that can defeat a top professional Go player in a real-life 8 hour long tournament on an even handicap level (no handicap).