> "Looks like Amatuer 6dan, maybe genius" Pro Go player lost against > Computer. (with picture) > http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/130320/igo13032020420000-n1.htm
Here is a quick translation: The first Densei-sen, between pro go players and computer software took place at UEC, in Chofu, Tokyo, on the 20th. Mr. Yoshio Ishida (64), 24th Honinbo, lost by 3.5pts to Crazy Stone, which is developed by a French Programmer. [Sorry, Remi, you are not named here!] Ishida played Zen, runner-up in the computer tournament, and won against a 4-stone handicap, by resignation. Then played Crazy Stone at 4-stone handicap, and couldn't catch up the lead given at the start. "[It/They] have amateur 6-dan strength. They don't play where I'd expect a human to play, and instead stay calm and flexible. Perhaps it is a genius.", said an impressed Ishida, whose nickname is the computer. [1] Compared to chess or shogi, there are more move choices in go, which has slowed development of computer go. Therefore the afore-mentioned university, with support from Nihon Kiin, put on this event. (The quotes don't make it clear if he was talking about just the Crazy Stone game, or Zen as well.) > http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20130321k0000m040071000c.html The first paragraph adds nothing new, so I'll skip that. The rest is: In particular Crazy Stones' opening was almost perfect. It suddenly played calmly, I thought it was genius. I realized I was in trouble.", said a chagrined Ishida. However pro-level is still far away, and reaching [Ishida's/Honinbo][2] level is going to take some time. CrazyStone is developed by French university professor Remi Coulom (38). The leading programs attribute their improvement in large part to the boost from "Monte-carlo techniques". These demonstration games between pro players and computers will take place once a year, and the plan is there to be five of them, including this year's. Darren [1]: for the accuracy of his endgame play and counting skills. See http://senseis.xmp.net/?IshidaYoshio [2]: It is not clear to me if this sentence was written by the journalist, or said directly by Ishida. It is also ambiguous if it means Honinbo-level, or the level of Ishida Yoshio. (Ishida last won the Honinbo title in 1975.) _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
