The lower level prizes were given for games against Insei, but the top prize was for play against t top professional.
http://www.smart-games.com/worldcompgo.html I can't find any official data on-line, but the information in the page above was copied from the paper rules at the competition. David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Wedd > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:41 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] 9x9 > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christoph > Birk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > > >On Mar 26, 2008, at 12:32 AM, Olivier Teytaud wrote: > > ... is room for improvement. But 19x19 is something else, perhaps we > >> > >> can have the Dan, but I'm not sure of that in spite of the gentle > >>words of > >> Catalin, and I'm sure the current > >> mogo can't win against a professionnal player in 19x19 whenever we > >> have the best cluster in the world, and whenever the professionnal > >>player > >> is both ill and a bit drunk :-) > > > >By reaching 1-dan (amateur) you would have received > >1 M$ a few year ago from Mr. Ing. > > No, the million-dollar prize was for winning a match against inseis - > young trainee professionals, about amateur 6-dan. > > Nick > -- > Nick Wedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
