Development reportedly started[1] in early 2016, around the time AlphaGo's successes, first against Fan Hui and later against Lee Sedol, showed that deep-learning neural networks combined with Monte Carlo algorithms were effective in computer Go.
[1] In March 2017, it won the Computer Go UEC Cup,[2] against a field that included Zen, Crazy Stone and 27 others.
After its win, it played an exhibition game against Ichiriki Ryo, the Japanese 7-dan professional Go player.
Fine Art has played many games on Fox, an Internet Go server, including several victories over Ke Jie, the world-number-1 Go player.
[2] In the final match of the first AI Ryusei, Fine Art defeated DeepZenGo and won the championship on 10 December 2017.