On 3/20/13 9:56 PM, Darren Cook wrote:
"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:
Thanks for posting this.
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.)
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