Re: [Computer-go] World Go Championship

2016-11-29 Thread Hideki Kato
Some kind of invitation, yes. Top players from countries and AI community. They announced that they will continue this tournament at least three years. So, if there will be many strong programs, all (but one from a country) will be invited, I guess. Hideki valky...@phmp.se:

Re: [Computer-go] World Go Championship

2016-11-29 Thread Hideki Kato
Dear Ingo, For this time, Nihon kiin recommended (and chosen) Zen for the seat probably by the right of the organizer. #Nihon kiin first asked AlphaGo but declined due to its schedule, an article reported. Hideki >Hi Hideki, > >that sounds very interesting. > >> Nihon Kiin created a new Go

Re: [Computer-go] World Go Championship

2016-11-29 Thread valkyria
Could be, but the next UEC Cup will be last... so maybe this will be some kind of invitational event. Magnus On 2016-11-29 15:52, Michael Markefka wrote: Just a wild guess, but I assume they'll go for the latest winner of the UEC Cup as far as AI entrants are concerned. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016

Re: [Computer-go] World Go Championship

2016-11-29 Thread Michael Markefka
Just a wild guess, but I assume they'll go for the latest winner of the UEC Cup as far as AI entrants are concerned. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 3:46 PM, "Ingo Althöfer" <3-hirn-ver...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Hideki, > > that sounds very interesting. > > > Nihon Kiin created a new Go tournament, "World

Re: [Computer-go] World Go Championship

2016-11-29 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hi Hideki, that sounds very interesting. > Nihon Kiin created a new Go tournament, "World Go Championship", which > will be held in March 21st to 23rd, in Osaka, Japan. > > Top three professional players from Japan, China and Korea and one > Computer Go program will attend. Big questions:

[Computer-go] World Go Championship

2016-11-29 Thread Hideki Kato
Hi all, Nihon Kiin created a new Go tournament, "World Go Championship", which will be held in March 21st to 23rd, in Osaka, Japan. Top three professional players from Japan, China and Korea and one Computer Go program will attend. Yuta Iyama six-crown and Zen from Japan. China and Korea