From: Takenobu Takizawa MN WASEDA AC JP> Date: 26 apr 2002 Subject: 12th World Computer Shogi Championship (participant-list, revised) The 12th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant List It is my pleasure to announce that the 12th World Computer Shogi Champiohship will be held in Japan in May 2002. There will be fifty six participants at the tournament. Takenobu Takizawa Chairman of the Executive Comittee Chairman of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 12th World Computer Shogi Championship Competition Dates: May 3-5, 2002 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 5 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. 3rd day: The Final Round robin of 8 programs with each program playing each other once. The Participants: ============================================================================== Program Developer Program Name PC name(CPU, clock) Programming Language ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Tanase, Goto IS Shogi Undecided C Kishimoto 2. Kanazawa Kanazawa Shogi AT Compatible(Undecided) C 3. KCC Shogi Team KCC Shogi DOS/V(Undecided) C++ (D.P.R. of Korea) These three are the seeds to the final. 4. Univ. of Tokyo Gekisashi DOS/V(AthlonMP 2000+ x2), Planned C++ Chikayama Lab. 5. Yamashita YSS Undecided C++ 6. Kakinoki Kakinoki Shogi AT Compatible(AthlonXP 2100+), Planned C 8. Wakabayashi Hyper Shogi 8 Undecided PASCAL 10. SPEC. Co. Tanchou 5 under Undecided C++,C,ASM Ltd. Reiki 11. Jeff Rollason Shotest 7.0 AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1GHz), C/C++ (UK) Planned 12. Yano Yano Shogi V Proside(Pentium4/1.4GHz) C 13. Nakatani Ryu-no-Tamago DOS/V(Athlon/1.2GHz), Planned C++ 14. Yoshimura Eisei Meijin Undecided C 15. Arioka KFEnd DELL(AthlonXP 2000+)*2 C++ 16. Reijer Grimbergen SPEAR Undecided C++ (Holland-Japan) 18. Takada Takada Shogi Ver.3.5 PowerBook(PowerPC G4/667MHz) C 19. Shinohara Suzu-no-Ne DOS/V(?/1.2GHz), Planned C++ 20. Ike, et. al. Usapyon Undecided(AthlonMP/2000+ *2(*2?)) C++ 21. Sekita Sekita Shogi 8 Undecided Java 22. Takahashi Nazoteki Dengi AT Compatible(AthlonXP/2.0GHz), Planned C++ The programs #4 thru #22 are the seeds to the upper division contest. 24. Oosawa Oojiro ThinkPad(PentiumIII/700MHz) C++ 25. Minata Sakura AT Compatible(PentiumII/400MHz) C++ 26. Sakashita Sakashita Shogi Undecided C Ver 1.2 27. Shizuoka Univ. TACOS Undecided C++ Iida Lab. 28. Dentsuudai S1.7 DOS/V(Pentium4/2GHz) C Noshita Lab. 29. Isobe Isobe Shogi ThinkPad+AT Compatible(Athlon/1.33GHz) Java,C++ 30. Fukuoka Fuku Shogi AT Compatible(AthlonXP/1.73GHz), Planned C 31. Sato Shoo Undecided C++ 32. Okayama Univ. Oni Shogi VAIO PCG-XR1G(Celeron/466MHz), C Shakunaga Lab. Planned 33. Tokyo Univ. of Sexy-AI-chan AT Compatible(Pentium4/1.4GHz), C Agri, & Tech. Kotani Lab. Planned 35. Yamada, T. Yamada Shogi AT Compatible(AthlonXP 2000+) C 36. Ujiie Ujiie Shogi VAIO PCG(PentiumII/400MHz) C++ 37. Sunada Sunada Shogi Ver3.0 PC-BJ300M(K6-2/533MHz) C 38. Tsutsumi, S. Aoi C AT Compatible(AthlonXP 2000+), Planned C/C++ 40. Maruyama Maruyama Shogi DOS/V(PentiumIII/1GHz) C 41. Shuto Shuto Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz) C 44. Matsui S-mode VAIO PCG(PentiumIII/750MHz) C++ 45. Nagayoshi Nagayoshi Shogi AT Compatible(Undecided) C 46. Yokoyama Yokoyama Shogi Undecided C,Java 47. Tsubakihara, Tsubakihara Shogi AKIA(PentiumIII/1GHz) VB Fukumoto, Mori 48. Murayama NariKin Shogi BIBLO(PentiumIII/1.13GHz) C Step 1 51. Kawarabayashi Meijin Konta Undecided PASCAL 52. Yamamoto JavaTaikyoku CF-S23(Celeron/300MHz),Planned Java, No-com. 53. Komatsu Toshizo Shogi VAIO PCG887(PentiumII/333MHz) C++ 54. Suzuki Suzuki Shogi AT Compatible(Undecided) C++ (Participants of the 9th Championship) 23. Ito, H. Deep Purple PCV-RX55(Pentium4/1.7GHz), Planned C++ 39. Inoue Inoue Shogi AT Compatible(PentiumIII/966MHz) Delphi (Participant of the 8th Championship) 22. Masumoto Oki (New comers, order in application) --. Tokita Demon Shogi AT Compatible(AthlonXP 2100+) C --. Nara Nara Shogi AT Compatible(AthlonXP 1900+) C++ --. Yamada, G. Riskus Shogi Nimamanie DOS/V(PentiumIII/1GHz) VB --. Shimada ken Shogi PowerBook1400C(PPC750/233MHz), Planned C No-com. --. Ootsuki Ootsuki Shogi DOS/V(AthlonXP 1800+), Planned C --. Mogi, Kubota MKS AT Compatible(Celeron/1.2GHz) C++ --. Korea Daizin Daizin Undecided C++ Trading Co. (D.P.R of Korea) --. Ito, T., Ooguchi SIL Shogi ver.0 Undecided Delphi --. Komura Hikaku AT Compatible(PentiumIII/700MHz), Planned C++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 56 Programs The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournament. (Notes) Nara Shogi was separated from Usapyon and has been independently developed. Ujiie Shogi is ths successor of Auau Shogi. Shoo is the successor of Shoko. Narikin Shogi Step 1 is the successor of Narikin Shogi Bug-fixed.version. Inoue Shogi is the successor of INS99. (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 55 (87%) 12th 62 Takenobu Takizawa