Hi, This news is not Computer Go, but Computer Shogi(Japanese Chess).
Yesterday, Shogi program beated professional player in Tokyo, Japan. This is a first computer win against active human pro Shogi player in history. Shogi professinal, Sato Shinichi 4 dan lost to computer Shogi program "ponanza" which went to 4th in 2012 Computer Shogi Championship, programmed by Yamamoto Issei. Each player has 4 hours and 60 sec Byo-yomi. ponanza runs on 10 machines, and searchs 30 million positions/sec. 2nd DenNo-Sen match (1-0 means human win) result date human computer (rank of Computer Shogi Championship) 1-0 3/23 4d pro, Abe Koru vs Shueso (5th) 0-1 3/30 4d pro, Sato Shinichi vs ponanza (4th) ?-? 4/ 6 5d pro, Funae Kohe vs Tsutsukana (3rd) ?-? 4/13 9d pro, Tsukada Yasuaki vs Puella-alpha (2nd) ?-? 4/20 8d pro, Miura Hiroyuki vs GPS Shogi (1st) Computer Shogi vs Human history 2007 1-0, Top pro, Watanabe Akira 9d beats Bonanza 2007 1-0, Top Amateur, Kato beats YSS 2008 0-2, Top Amateur, Kato lost to Tanase Shogi, Shimizugami lost to Gekisashi 2010 0-1, Top woman pro, Shimizu Ichiyo lost to Akara 2010 2012 0-1, Retired top pro, Yonenaga Kunio lost to Bonkras 2013 1-0, 4d pro, Abe Koru beats Shueso 2013 0-1, 4d pro, Sato Shinichi lost to ponanza Following are in Japanese. Shogi pro lost against computer in DenNo-Sen 2nd game. http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/0330/TKY201303300179.html Computer wins first victory against active Shogi pro, in Shogi DenNo-Sen 2nd game. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20130330-OYT1T01307.htm DenNo-Sen http://ex.nicovideo.jp/denousen2013/ Regards, Hiroshi Yamashita _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
