Honinbo Shuusaku, born as Kuwabara Torajiro, is a legendary go player. He had an almost magical ability to grasp the whole board. His most famous move was the 'ear reddening move' against Gennan Inseki in a game from 1846. You can see the beauty of the move here.
Go is both the oldest game known, boards from 2000BC has been found, and at the same time the game were humans still outclasses computers. The human ability to recognize shapes and see connections and patterns is fundamental for playing a good game of Go. Although much effort has been made to create strong go programs a human learning the game only needs about 2 months of training to best all known programs.
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