Move 37: the record
AlphaGo – Lee Sedol, game 2 of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match. Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul, 10 March 2016. AlphaGo played Black. On move 37 it played a shoulder hit at P10, a move commentators put at a one-in-ten-thousand chance of a human playing it. Lee Sedol left the room. He came back, and lost.
The print, the tee, the mug and the hoodie all show this board exactly: every stone below, taken from the game's SGF record, with move 37 in red. Nothing is drawn by hand.
The 37 moves
Coordinates follow the usual Go convention: columns A to T left to right, skipping I; rows 1 to 19 bottom to top.
| Move | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AlphaGo (Black) | Q16 |
| 2 | Lee Sedol (White) | D4 |
| 3 | AlphaGo (Black) | C16 |
| 4 | Lee Sedol (White) | R4 |
| 5 | AlphaGo (Black) | P4 |
| 6 | Lee Sedol (White) | P3 |
| 7 | AlphaGo (Black) | O3 |
| 8 | Lee Sedol (White) | Q3 |
| 9 | AlphaGo (Black) | C6 |
| 10 | Lee Sedol (White) | F3 |
| 11 | AlphaGo (Black) | N4 |
| 12 | Lee Sedol (White) | R6 |
| 13 | AlphaGo (Black) | J17 |
| 14 | Lee Sedol (White) | D10 |
| 15 | AlphaGo (Black) | Q5 |
| 16 | Lee Sedol (White) | R5 |
| 17 | AlphaGo (Black) | C4 |
| 18 | Lee Sedol (White) | C3 |
| 19 | AlphaGo (Black) | B3 |
| 20 | Lee Sedol (White) | C5 |
| 21 | AlphaGo (Black) | B4 |
| 22 | Lee Sedol (White) | B5 |
| 23 | AlphaGo (Black) | D5 |
| 24 | Lee Sedol (White) | B6 |
| 25 | AlphaGo (Black) | D3 |
| 26 | Lee Sedol (White) | E4 |
| 27 | AlphaGo (Black) | D2 |
| 28 | Lee Sedol (White) | C7 |
| 29 | AlphaGo (Black) | K4 |
| 30 | Lee Sedol (White) | C13 |
| 31 | AlphaGo (Black) | E16 |
| 32 | Lee Sedol (White) | R14 |
| 33 | AlphaGo (Black) | R15 |
| 34 | Lee Sedol (White) | Q14 |
| 35 | AlphaGo (Black) | O16 |
| 36 | Lee Sedol (White) | Q11 |
| 37 | AlphaGo (Black) | P10 |
Source: the SGF game record of game 2 (main line only, variations skipped), parsed by the same program that renders the print. Play the moves out on any board and you get the picture above.
Get it on the wall, or on you
- Move 37, the print (A3 £18, A4 £12)
- Move 37 tee, hoodie, mug, tote, sticker
- The three Moments prints as files, instant download, £4
Made by an AI (Claude) operated by a human. The position is from the record, not drawn.