From: Takenobu Takizawa MSE WASEDA AC JP> Date: 9 mar 2001 Subject: The 11th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant List The 11th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant List It is my pleasure to announce that the 11th World Computer Shogi Champiohship will be held in Japan tomorrow through Monday (three days). There will be fifty-six participants at the tournament. Takenobu Takizawa Chairman of the Executive Comittee Chairman of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 11th World Computer Shogi Championship Competition Dates: March 10-12, 2001 Competition Venue: Kazusa Akademia Center (Kazusa Arc) 1637 Yana, Kisarazu-Shi, Chiba 292-0812, Japan Phone: 0438-20-5555 Fax: 0438-20-5139 (+81-438-20-5555) (+81-438-20-5139) 1st day through 2nd day: Preliminary Contest The top 3 of the last tournament will be exempted from these days and proceed directly to the Final. The Preliminary Contest is divided into two groups. The upper division will consist of 16 programs (first through 19th seeds excluding the three direct finalists). The lower division contest will be held on the 1st day. There will be 7 Swiss-style games. The top 8 programs will join the upper division contest. If the number of programs is odd, the CSA will add an extra program by invitation. The invited program will not proceed to the second day. The upper division contest will be held on the 2nd day. There will be 9 Swiss-style games. The top 7 programs will proceed to the third day of competition. If the number of programs is, by chance, odd, the CSA will add an extra program by invitation but the invited program will not proceed to the third day. The CSA reserves the right to alter the number of proceeding programs if the number of entrants is less than 28 or more than 64. 3rd day: The Final Round robin of 10 programs with each program playing each other once. The Participants: ============================================================================= Program Owner Program Name PC name(CPU, clock) Programming Language ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Tanase, Goto IS Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz) C Kishimoto 2. Yamashita YSS 11, Planned DOS/V(Athlon/1.2GHz), Planned C 3. Kawabata Kawabata Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz), C++ Planned These three are the seeds to the final. 4. Kanazawa Kanazawa Shogi AT Compatible(Pentium4/1.5GHz), Planned C 5. Kakinoki Kakinoki Shogi (Athlon/1.3GHz) C 6. Arioka KFEnd PowerBook2400c(PPC750/320MHz) C++ 7. Jeff Rollason Shotest v5.0 AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1GHz), Planned C (UK) 8. Pauli Misikangas Shocky 4 Undecided C++ University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science (Finland) 9. Yoshimura Eisei Meijin AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1050MHz*2) C 10. SPEC. Co. Tanchou under AT Compatible(PentiumIII/866MHz) C++,C,ASM Ltd. Reiki 11. KCC Shogi Team KCC Shogi AT Compatible(Undecided) C++ (North Korea) 12. Univ. of Tokyo Gekisashi AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1GHz*2), C++ Chikayama Lab. Planned 13. Koizumi Sougin PC-LW500J(PentiumIII/500MHz) C++ 14. Minata Sakura AT Compatible(PentiumII/400MHz) C++ 15. Sakashita Sakashita Shogi Undecided C Ver 1.1 16. Nakatani Ryu-no-Tamago (PentiumIII/800MHz), Planned C 17. Sekita Sekita Shogi 7 Undecided C++ 18. Takada Takada Shogi Ver.3.4 PowerBook G3(PPC750/400MHz) C 19. Takahashi Nazoteki Dengi DOS/V(Athlon/1.33GHz), Planned C++ The programs #4 thru #19 are the seeds to the upper division contest. 20. Wakabayashi Hyper Shogi 7 DOS/V(Athlon/1.2GHz) PASCAL 21. Maruyama Maruyama Shogi DOS/V(PentiumII/366MHz) C 22. Reijer Grimbergen SPEAR Gateway(Athlon/1GHz) C++ (Holland-Japan) 23. Dentsuudai S1.6 Gateway(Athlon/1.2GHz) C Noshita Lab. 24. Hakoda Maruden Shogi LV13C(Pentium/133MHz), Planned C++ 25. Isobe, Iwasa Isobe Shogi ThinkPad(Celeron/450MHz), Planned C++ 26. Oosawa Oojiro ThinkPad(PentiumIII/700MHz) C++ 27. Yamada Yamada Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1GHz) C 28. Shinohara Suzu-no-Ne AT Compatible(Undecided) C++ 30. Shizuoka Univ. TACOS AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz) C++ Iida Lab. 31. Ujiie Auau Shogi VAIO PCG(PentiumII/400MHz) C++ 32. Tokyo Univ. of Sexy-AI-chan AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1GHz), C Agri, & Tech. Kotani Lab. Planned 33. Fukuoka Fuku Shogi AT Compatible(Pentium4/1.5GHz) C 34. Suzuki Suzuki Shogi AT Compatible(Celeron/733MHz) C++ 35. Amano, Jr. Amano Sofu AT Compatible(PentiumIII/850MHz) C 36. Tsubakihara, Tsubakihara Shogi AKIA(PentiumIII/933MHz), VB Fukumoto, Mori Planned 37. Yokoyama Yokoyama Shogi Undecided C,Java 38. Okinoi, Ooto Piece Captor AT Compatible(MMXPentium/266MHz), C++ Planned 39. Shuto Shuto Shogi AT Compatible(PentiumIII/733MHz) C 40. Nagayoshi Nagayoshi Shogi AT Compatible(PentiumIII/600MHz), C Planned 41. Tanaka, S. Shogi Moba MobileGearII (VR4111/80MHz) C 43. Tsutsumi, S. Aoi B AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz), Planned C++ 45. Waseda Univ. U10 Ver.2 VT-Alpha(Alpha/600MHz) C Tsutsumi Lab. (Participants of the 9th Championship) 20. Amano, Sr. Amano Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1.1GHz) C++ 34. Sunada Sunada Shogi Ver2.0 PC-BJ300M(K6-2/533MHz) C 39. Inoue INS2001 AT Compatible(PentiumIII/933MHz) Delphi (Participant of the 8th Championship) 20. Yano Yano Shogi 4 (Pentium4/1.4GHz) C (New comers, order in application) --. Komatsu Toshizo Shogi VAIO PCG887(PentiumII/333MHz) C++ No-com. --. Sato Shoko COMPAQ(PentiumIII/700MHz), Planned C++ --. Kawarabayashi Meijin Konta DOS/V(PentiumIII/750MHz) PASCAL --. Honda 100.EXE FLORA(PentiumII/333MHz), Planned C,ASM --. Matsui S-mode VAIO PCG(PentiumIII/750MHz) C++ --. Okayama Univ. Oni Shogi EPSON(Celeron/600MHz), Planned C Shakunaga Lab. --. Ike, et. al. Usapyon AT compatible(PentiumIII/1.0GHz*2), Planned C++ --. Yamamoto JavaTaikyoku CF-S23(Celeron/300MHz) Java --, Tanaka, T. TECC1 AKIA(PentiumIII/1.0GHz), Planned C --. Murayama NariKin Shogi Undecided C++ Bug-fixed version ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56 Programs The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournament. (Notes) Amono Sofu is the successor of DNA Shogi. Auau Shogi is the successor of Ujiie Shogi. Usapyon was separated from Suzuki Shogi and has been independently developed. (Invited Program) SPS Kitahei for Windows95 Kitaihei will enter if the number of the lower division participants is odd. Number of recent applicants and participants. Championship #Applicants #Participants ------------ ----------- ------------- 7th 39 32 (82%) 8th 43 35 (81%) 9th 54 40 (74%) 10th 57 45 (79%) 11th 63 Takenobu Takizawa