The Korea Times to provide live stream of the 'once in a lifetime match'

• Published Mar 8, 2016 2:39 PM KST
• Updated Mar 8, 2016 2:39 PM KST

By Lee Han-soo

The history-making go match between top-ranked Lee Se-dol of Korea and Google’s AlphaGo will take place in Seoul, Wednesday.

Starting at 1 p.m. (Korean time) at the Four Seasons Hotel, the first round of the five-game match pitting a human against artificial intelligence (AI) will be live-streamed through Korean Go TV or Google DeepMind’s YouTube site (https://youtu.be/vFr3K2DORc8). English and Korean commentaries will be available through the website.

The Korea Times will also provide a live feed on its website.

- Match 1: March 9 (Wed.) 1 p.m. (KST)

- Match 2: March 10 (Thurs.) 1 p.m. (KST)

- Match 3: March 12 (Sat.) 1 p.m. (KST)

- Match 4: March 13 (Sun.) 1 p.m. (KST)

- Match 5 (final): March 15 (Tues.) 1 p.m. (KST)