Google CEO Sundar Pichai visits China's Go school

Google CEO Sundar Pichai visits Nie Weiping Go school, one of the most professional Go training bases in China, March 31, 2016. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Nie Weiping Go school, one of the most professional Go training bases in China today. Sundar talked about the charms of Go and technology with top Go players in the world Ke Jie and Gu Li, and interacted with children from the school.

Google's Go-playing computer program AlphaGo on March 15 ended a historic match of the ancient Chinese board game with Go grandmaster Lee Sedol of South Korea by taking a 4-1 lead with its fourth victory in the final match in the best-of-five series.

Go, known as Weiqi in China and Baduk in South Korea, originated from China thousands of years ago. It involves two players who take turns putting white and black stones on a grid of 19 lines by 19 lines. Players win the game by gaining more territory on the grid. One can remove the stones of one's opponent by surrounding their pieces with your own.