KeJie——AGenius andaGift柯洁

石斯琳

Go is a board game. The game was invented in ancient China more than 2，500 years ago， so it is believed to be the oldest board game still played today. Up to mid-2008， there were over 40 million Go players around the world， and most of them are living in East Asia. Among them， there is an outstanding boy called Ke Jie. He is a Chinese professional Go player of 9 dan1 rank.Go plays an important role in his life and he is really good at it.

Ke Jie started to learn how to play Go in 2003 when he was 5 years old. He won his first national championship in 2007. He became a professional Go player in 2008 when he was 10 years old and was promoted to 9 dan in 2015. In January 2015， Ke won his first world title when he won the 2nd Bailing Cup. In this game， he defeated Qiu Jun 3-2 in the finals. Ke won the 2nd Mlily Cup， He Sui Cup and Nongshim Cup， defeating world-famous Go player Lee Sedol three times in a row2 in 2016. Ke became highest ranked player in the official Chinese Weiqi Association ranking in September 2015.

The year 2017 is meant to be a special year for Ke. A three-game match was played by Ke Jie against AlphaGo at the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen from 23 to 27 May 2017. In the end， AlphaGo defeated3 Ke 3-0 in all the three games. After his defeat to AlphaGo， Ke Jie cried but he didnt give up. He continued to study the machines games to find inspiration4 for new strategies.

Ke has a kind and generous5 heart. He publicly raised money in Beijing when theres a landslide in Lishui， Zhejiang. Later on， Chinese Weiqi Association also joined him. Ke Jie is also highly thought of by people. The founder of DeepMind， Demis Hassabis said， “Ke has brought us a match full of creativity6 and inspirations. He is a real genius.” The chief editor of a famous Go magazine， Weiqi Tiandi， Zhang Dayong， said， “Ke Jie is a gift from heaven and he is a leader in Chinese Go.”

围棋是一种棋类游戏。中国于2500多年前发明了围棋。人们相信它是延续至今最古老的棋类游戏。截止到2008年年中为止，全球有超过4000万棋手，其中大部分居住在东亚。在这些围棋手中，有一名男孩儿脱颖而出。他叫柯洁，是一名中国围棋职业九段棋手。围棋在他的生活中扮演了极其重要的角色，他下起围棋来也很得心应手。

柯洁五岁的时候（2003年）开始学习下围棋，2007年获得了他人生中第一个全国冠军。一年之后（2008年），十岁的他成为了专业围棋手，并于2015年升上了九段。2015年1月，柯洁在第二届百灵杯世界围棋决赛中以3比2的成绩打败了邱峻（音），为自己获得了人生第一个世界冠军。2016年，柯洁分别在第二届梦百合杯、贺岁杯和农心杯夺冠，连续三次战胜了世界顶级棋手李世石。柯洁在2015年9月成为中国围棋协会段位最高的棋手。

2017年对于柯洁来说注定是不平凡的一年。2017年5月23号至27号，在乌镇主办的围棋峰会中，柯洁与人工智能阿尔法进行了三场人机大战。结果，柯洁不敌阿尔法，以0比3败阵。在输给阿尔法之后，柯洁落泪了，但是他并没有就此灰心。他继续潜心研究机器下棋的方法，以寻求新策略的灵感。

柯洁有一颗善良又慷慨的心。当浙江丽水发生山体滑坡的时候，他在北京举办募捐活动，中国围棋协会之后也加入了募捐。外界对柯洁的评价颇高。深度思考（DeepMind）公司创始人戴密斯·哈萨比斯说道：“柯洁为我们带来了精彩又充满灵感的比赛，他是真正的天才。”《围棋天地》（著名的围棋杂志）总编张大勇（音）评价道：“柯洁就是上天赐给中国围棋的领军人物”。

Notes：

1. dan [■] n. 段（围棋、柔道、空手道等运动员的技艺等级）

2. in a row连续

3. defeat [■] vt. 战胜；击败n. 挫败；败北

4. inspiration [■] n. 靈感

5. generous [■] adj. 慷慨的；宽宏大量的

6. creativity [■] n. 创造力；创造