From: Takenobu TAKIZAWA MNC WASEDA AC JP> Date: 28 apr 2003 Subject: 13th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant List (Revised) The 13th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant List It is our pleasure to announce that the 13th World Computer Shogi Champiohship will be held in Japan in May 2003. There will be fifty four (54) participants at the tournament. Takenobu Takizawa Chairman of the Executive Comittee Chairman of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA) Kentaro Kayama Director of the World Computer Shogi Championship Board Member of the Computer Shogi Association -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 13th World Computer Shogi Championship Competition Dates: May 3-5, 2003 Competition Venue: Kazusa Akademia Center (Kazusa Arc) 2-3-9 Kazusa-Kamatari, 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. 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 8 programs with each program playing each other once. The Participats: =============================================================================== Developer Program Machine(CPU/Clock) Language ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gekisashi Team Gekisashi AT compatible (Xeon*2) C++ 2. Yasushi Tanase, Norifumi Gotou, Akihiro Kishimoto IS Shogi undecided C++ 3. KCC Shogi Development Team (North Korea) KCC Shogi AT compatible (Xeon/3GHz) VC++ (The above three are the seeds to the final) 4. Yoshikazu Kakinoki Kakinoki Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/3000+) C 5. Nobuhiro Yoshimura Eisei Meijin AT compatible (Pen4/3.06GHz) C 6. Shinichirou Kanazawa Kanazawa Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/2100+over) C 8. Hiroshi Yamashita YSS AT compatible (Xeon/3.06GHz*2) C++ 9. Masaaki Arioka KFEnd AT compatible (AthlonXP/2000+) C++,Ruby 10. Masayuki Isobe Isobe Shogi undecided C++ 11. Yuuichi Nakatani Ryuu no Tamago AT compatible (AthlonXP/2100+) C++ 12. Shigeki Wakabayashi Hyper Shogi 9 AT compatible (AthlonXP/3000+) PASCAL 13. Kenichi Satou Shouou AT compatible (AthlonXP/2000+) C,C++ 14. Ike, et. al. Usapyon AT compatible (Xeon/2.8GHz*2) C++ 17. Kazufumi Nara Nara Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/3000+) C++ 18. Satoshi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Matsui Aoi10000+ AT compatible C,C++ ((AthlonMP/2400+*2)*4 + AthlonXP/2000+ + Pentium/750MHz) 19. Masatoshi Yano Yano Shogi 6 PROSIDE GR1400 (Pen4/1.4GHz) C 20. Reijer Grimbergen (Netherlands) SPEAR Fujitsu AT compatible (Pen4/1.4GHz) C++ 21. Nobuyoshi Sekita Sekita Shogi 9 undecided C++ 22. Seiichi Oosawa Oojirou AT compatible (Pen4/1.4GHz) C++ (Team #4 thru #22 are the seeds to the upper division contest.) 24. Takuji Shinohara Suzu no Ne AT compatible (undecided) C++ 26. Kuniyoshi Komatsu Toshizou Shogi AT compatible (PenII/333MHz) C++ 27. Yuuji Takahashi Nazoteki Dengi AT compatible (AthlonXP/3000+) C,C++ 28. Masahiko Tokita Demon Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/2100+) C 30. Shizuoka University (Iida Laboratory) TACOS AT compatible (AthlonXP/3000+) C++ 31. Tooru Maruyama Maruyama Shogi AT compatible (PenIII/1GHz) C 32. Genki Yamada Kinoa Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/2800) BCB 33. Ichirou Ujiie Ujiie Shogi undecided C/C++ 34. Tomoshi Ootsuki Ootsuki Shogi EpoX EP-8RDA+ (AthlonXP/2800+) C,Python 35. Yasuo Suzuki Suzuki Shogi AT compatible (Cerelon/733MHz) C++ 36. Taikou Yamada Yamada Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/3000+) C 38. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Kotani Laboratory) 1 Sexy-AI-chan undecided C 39. Tomonobu Masumoto Oki(planned) 40. Masaki Murayama Narikin Shogi Step 1 AT compatible (Pen4/2.4GHz) VC++ 43. Fuku Shogi Development Team Fuku Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/2100+) C 44. Hiroyuki Nagayoshi Nagayoshi Shogi AT compatible (Celeron/1.2GHz) C 45. Junichi Sunada Sunada Shogi Ver4.0 SHARP PC-BJ300M (K6-2+/533MHz) VC++ 48. Kenichirou Shimada ken Shogi PowerMac7600/120 (PPC750/233MHz) C 49. Osamu Tsubakihara, Masaaki Fukumoto, Kenji Mori Tsubakihara Shogi AKIA (1GHz) Visual BASIC 51. HIT Shogi Development Team HIT Shogi ver.0.01 DELL OptiPlex GX260 (Pen4/2.4GHz) Delphi (Participants of the 11th Championship) 9. Takeshi Koizumi Sougin INSPIRE-XP3000/XRW(AthlonXP/3000+) C++ 39. Yukio Hakoda Maruden Shogi undecided C++ 43. Hiroyuki Okinoi Piece Captor 2 AT compatible (Athlon/1800+) C++ 46. Naohiro Yokoyama Aleph Zero AT compatible (undecided) Java,C 55. Team GPS GPS Shogi AT compatible (AthlonMP/2000+*2) C++ (Participants of the 10th Championship) 44. Hisashi Kikuchi Monte Carlo 1.0 undecided C (Participants of the 9th Championship) 39. Kouichi Inoue Inoue Shogi AT compatible (undecided) C (New comers) --. Sugi Shogi Development Team Sugi Shogi AT compatible (undecided) C --. Akinori Onmoto Bingo Shogi Prime Note Chronos(Pentium4/2.8GHz) C,C++ --. Kouichi Nakao Ryuma Shogi VAIO (PenIII/1.0GHz) C++ --. Keitarou Honda K-Shogi AT compatible (Pen4/2.8GHz) C++ --. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Kotani Laboratory) 2 Mattari-Yuu-chan Storm Prophecy (Pen4/2.8GHz) C --. Minoru Koumura Hikaku COMPAQ (PenIII/700MHz) VC --. Xteam X AT compatible (PenIII/1.2GHz) C,C++,OCaml,Python --. Masahiko Kawada Shogi no Kami DELL INSPIRON8200 (Pen4/2GHz) C++,Java ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournament. (Notes) Aoi10000+ is the successor of AoiC. Kinoa Shogi is the successor of Riskus Shogi Nimamanie. HIT Shogi ver.0.01 is the successor of SIL Shogi. Aleph Zero is the successor of Yokoyama Shogi. Monte Carlo 1.0 is the successor of Kikuchi 1400. Inoue Shogi is the successor of INS99 Sugi Shogi was separeted from Fuku Shogi and has been independently developed. Mattari-Yuu-chan was developed by the defferent members from Sexy-AI-chan. GPS Shogi is the successor of TECC 2 (Invited Program) SPS Kitahei for Windows95 Kitaihei will enter if the number of the participants of the first preliminary contest 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 50 (81%) 13th 59 Takenobu Takizawa Kentaro Kayama