It is Taizhou in Zhejiang province. In Chinese, they are different names, but same pronunciation.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Nick Wedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Fotland < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > In late september there is a computer go contest in Taizhou, with cash >> prizes. They might cancel this contest due to lack of participation, so >> if >> you are thinking of going, please let them know today or tomorrow. >> >> David >> >> From: ?? [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This email is an invitation letter from the Institute of Computer GO at >> Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, we've got your email >> from the submission list of 2008 Conference of Computer Games and World >> 9*9 >> Computer Go Championship. >> >> We are happy to announce that an international computer GO championship is >> to be hosted by Taizhou city government and Beijing University of Posts >> and >> Telecommunications. As 2008 Conference of Computer Games and World World >> 9*9 >> Computer Go Championship will be held in Beijng this year, so we have time >> for the game in this tournament before (September 22-26), to facilitate >> your >> itinerary. >> >> This event does not require registration fee, and your the board and >> lodging >> in Taizhou will be provided freely by the organizing committee, so you >> only >> need to predate your China's trip one-week earlier, and the first >> destination to be revised as Taizhou. If there is any problem on how to >> reach Taizhou, we can provide some help. If you are willing to participate >> in the tournament, only need to reply to this email, we will contact you. >> >> 2008 TaiZhou Computer Go Championship >> > > A Google search for the above finds http://www.itf4.cn/blog/default.asp, > which is in Chinese, but appears to me to have nothing to do with Go, or > with computers. > > But Google helpfully offers to translate it, and produces > http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://219.142.86. > 87/English/Index.asp&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3F > q%3D2008%2BTaiZhou%2BComputer%2BGo%2BChampionship%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GG > GL_enGB177GB229 which is definitely about computer Go: it is about the > "Jiuding Cup World Computer Go Championship". It seems unrelated to the > page that Google claims it is a translation of. > > This translated page does not reveal whether these events are held in > Taizhou, Jiangsu province or Taizhou, Zhejiang province. It has pictures of > the winner and runner-up of the 2007 Jiuding event: they are unnamed, both > are young women, the winner is Chinese, the runner-up Brazilian. It is > possible that these pictures are just placeholders, and the real results, if > any, are unknown to the creator of the page. > > I remain mystified. > > Nick > > > 1. The number of participating countries and regions: 20 countries and >> regions, including China and the China Taipei. In accordance with the >> relevant provisions of BOCOG, The participating teams and all staff from >> China Taiwan use "Chinese Taipei" title. >> 2. The number of entries: 50 >> 3. Competition schedule: September 22 to September 26 >> a. 9/22: receiption >> b. 9/23: a round robin preliminaries way >> c. 9/24: a round robin preliminaries way >> d. 9/25: a round robin preliminaries way >> e. 9/26: Final championship matches, and man-machine matches, award >> ceremonies 4. Prize competition >> 19x19 Go: >> First place, 3,000 USD >> Second place, 2,000 USD >> Third place, 1,000 USD >> Fourth place, 500 USD >> Fifth place, 250 USD >> >> 9x9 Go: >> First place, 2,000 USD. >> Second place, 1,000 USD >> Third place, 500 USD >> Fourth place, 250 USD >> >> >> -- >> Zhiqing Liu, Ph.D. >> Professor, School of Software Engineering Director, BUPT-JD Computer GO >> Research Institute Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications >> Voice: +86-10-6228-2601 and +86-10-5882-8089 >> Fax: +86-10-6228-2601 and +86-10-5882-8005 >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >> > > -- > Nick Wedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >
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