Takemiya? At 5 stones he should destroy zen. No? On Mar 1, 2012 9:56 PM, "Hideki Kato" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear readers, > > Two interesting computer Go events will be held in Japan soon. > > 1. 3/5 (Mon) - 3/6 (Tue) JST (+0900) > JAIST Cup 2012 (http://www.jaist.ac.jp/jaistcup/2012/ in Japanese) in > Shinagawa, Tokyo. A 13x13 Computer Go tournament > (http://www.jaist.ac.jp/jaistcup/2012/jc/eng/13roalg-eng.html) will be > played in the Computer Go room on KGS in 3/5 PM and two exhibition games > (http://www.jaist.ac.jp/jaistcup/2012/jc/eng/13roex-eng.html), the gold > and silver prize programs of the 13x13 tournament versus strong > amateure players, will be broadcast on Niconico Doga* (see below) in > 3/6 AM. Please see the English pages for more info. > > 2. 3/17 (Sat) JST > Special events on the 6th E&C Symposium (http://entcog.c.ooco.jp/entcog/ > in Japanese) in the University of Electro-Communications > (UEC), Chofu, Tokyo. There will be two matches betweeen Zen and > Japanese professional players. All games will be broadcast on Niconico > Doga* (ditto). > Press release: > http://entcog.c.ooco.jp/entcog/event/20120317/humvscom.html (in > Japanese). > > 2-1. 10:00 - 12:00 JST (scheduled) > Two games, Hirofumi Ohashi 5d > (http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000382.htm) versus Zen on 9x9 > boards with no handicap stones, Chinese rules, 7 points komi (jigo is > possible), 20 minutes + 30 seconds byo-yomi. Ohashi 5p is White at the > first game and vice versa. > > 2-2. 13:30 - 17:30 JST (scheduled) > Two games, Masaki Takemiya 9p > (yes, well-known by his cosmic style > http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000003.htm, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Takemiya) versus Zen on 19x19 > boards with 5 handicap stones, Chinese rules, 0.5 points komi, 30 > minutes + 60 seconds byo-yomi. If Zen win the first game the handcap > stones for the second game will decrease and vice versa. > > *Niconico Doga: A largest Internet TV company in Japan > (http://www.nicovideo.jp/ in Japanese). You have to register as regular > members (free) or premium (payed) to watch their programs. Although > there is no English page, several western people already have > successfully registered. I believe anyone can register using machine > translation sites such as Google. Note that the number of watchers of a > program (called a "room") is limited and varies depend on the program. > When the watchers exceed the capacity of a room, regular members are > pushed out first and premium ones are rarely. However, even regular > members can reserve "time shift" viewings and can view the program later > (but only once). Also, this could be useful for the people who live > in other time zones. The links will be updated later. > > Perhaps, some readers will post more info. > > Some FAQs on Niconico Doga. > - What is "smile enterprise"? "Niconico" means smiles :). > - I can't watch any anime. Most (or all?) animes can be viewed only by > premium members. > > Best, > Hideki > -- > Hideki Kato <mailto:[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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