Tygem (Korean : 타이젬바둑 ) is an internet go server owned by South Korean company TongYang Online. Popular in Asia, their website states that over 500 professional Go players use their service.[ 1]
Tygem was founded as ICBL by Cho Hun-hyun in 2000, and renamed to Tygem in 2001, invested by Tongyang Group and JoongAng Ilbo .[ 2]
In October 2015, AlphaGo from DeepMind beat the European Go champion Fan Hui five to zero.[ 3] Eight million positions from human games on the Tygem server were used to train AlphaGo.[ 4]
^ "Tygem What We do" . Tygemgo.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016 .
^ "石佛李昌镐投身网络业 与师傅曹薰铉合开围棋网站" (in Chinese). Sina.com . 20 June 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2016 .
^ "Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion" . BBC News . 27 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017 .
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