Computer draws first blood in clash with Go grandmaster

A Google-developed supercomputer stunned South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol by taking the first game of a five-match showdown between man and machine in Seoul on Wednesday. After about 3-1/2 hours of play, Lee, one of the greatest players of the ancient board game in the modern era, resigned when it became clear the AlphaGo computer had taken an unassailable lead. Although the computer had whitewashed European champion Fan Hui 5-0 last October, it had been expected to struggle against 33-yea