From: Takenobu TAKIZAWA mnc waseda ac jp> Date: 20 apr 2005 Subject: The announcement of the 15th World Computer Shogi Championship Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get both the MiFi XM Satellite Radio and an Apple iPod for Free!=20 http://click.topica.com/= caadlVDa2i6YsbnuqMaa/ProductTestPanel=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The 15th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant List It is our pleasure to announce that the 15th World Computer Shogi Champiohship will be held in Japan in May 2005. There will be fifty-three (53) participants at the tournament. Takenobu Takizawa Chair of the Executive Comittee Chair of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA) Kentaro Kayama Director Executive of the Computer Shogi Association -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 15th World Computer Shogi Championship Competition Dates: May 3-5, 2005 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) http://www.kap.co.jp/ 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 (1st through 19th seeds, excluding the three direct finalists). The lower division contest will be held on the first 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 second 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: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Developer Program Machine(CPU/Clock) Language /Libr= ary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- 1. YAMASHITA HIROSHI YSS IWill H4103(Opteron852/2.6GHz x 4) = C++=20 2. Team Gekisashi Gekisashi undecided = C++ 3. Tanase Yasushi, Kishimoto Akihiro ISShogi undecided = C++ (The above three are the seeds to the final) 4. KCCShogi Team (North Korea) KCCShogi undecided V= C++ 5. Yoshikazu Kakinoki Kakinoki-Shogi AT compatible (Athlon64 FX-55/2.6GHz= ) C 7. TACOS project team TACOS AT compatible (undecided) = C++ 8. Shinichirou Kanazawa Kanazawa Shougi AT compatible (undecided) = C 9. Akinori Onmoto Bingo Shogi AT compatible (Athlon64/3400+) C/C+= +=20 10. Nara Kazufumi narashogi AT compatible (undecided) = C++ 11. Kinoa KinoaSyougi undecided = C++ 12. Shigeki Wakabayashi Hyper Shougi11 AT compatible (Athlon64 FX-55/2.6Gh= z) PAS= CAL 13. ARIOKA masaaki KFEnd AT compatible (Athlon64/3500+) C++, R= uby 14. Masayuki Isobe IsobeShogi undecided = C++ 15. Kenichi Sato Sho-oh undecided 16. Nakatani Yuichi Dragon's Egg undecided 17. OTSUKI Tomoshi, KUTSUNA Natsumaro OTSUKI SHOGI undecided C, Pyt= hon 18. Satoshi Tsutsumi Aoi undecided = C++ 19. Masahito Takahashi Nazo's Digital Shogics Player AT compatible (AthlonXP/3000+) C/= C++ 20. Reijer Grimbergen SPEAR DELL Inspiron5150(Pentium4/3.2GHz) = C++ (The Netherlands) (Team #4 thru #20 are the seeds to the upper division contest.) 21. Team GPS GPS shogi AT compatible (Opteron/2.2GHz x 2) C++ osl-for-= csa 22. Keitaro Honda K-Shogi undecided = C++ 23. Usapyon's Parents Usapyon AT compatible (Opteron248/2.2GHz x 2) = C++ 25. yano masatosi yanosyougi8 AT compatible (Pentium4/3.4GHz)= C 27. tomonobu masumoto oki undecided 28. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Kotani Laboratory mattari-yuchan undecided = C 29. Maruyama Toru Maruyama Shogi AT compatible (PentiumM/2.1GHz)= C 30. hanai tasuku wildcat AT compatible (Pentium4/2.66GHz) VC= 6++ 31. Sugi Shogi Development Team Sugi Shogi AT compatible (undecided) = C 33. Ichiro Ujiie Auau Shogi undecided = C++ 34. Yamada Taikou Yamada Shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP 3000+= ) C 35. Masahiko Tokita daemon shogi AT compatible (AthlonXP/1800+= ) C 37. Nagayoshi Hiroyuki Hayabusa undecided(PentiumM/1.7GHz) = C 38. HIT-SHOGI TEAM HIT-SHOGI ver.0.1 AT compatible (undecided) Del= phi 39. Koichi Nakao RyumaShogi AT compatible (PentiumIII/1.0GHz) = C++ 40. murayamamasaki narikinshogi DOSV(Pentium4/2.4GHz) V= C++ 41. TSUBAKIHARA Tsubakihara Shougi NEC LaVie(Pentium4/3.06GHz) Visual Ba= sic 43. team X (Germany, Japan) Inakashodan undecided = C (Participants of the 13th Championship) 35. Komatsu Kuniyoshi Toshizo Shogi undecided = C++ (Participants of the 12th Championship) 10. Jeff Rollason (UK) Shotest B v1.0 undecided = C++ 23. Yasuo Minata SAKURA undecided 46. Eiki Ito Deep Purple undecided = C++ 48. ken shogi ken shogi undecided = C (Participants of the 11th Championship) 44. Hiroshi MATSUI sigma-BLAST AT compatible (AthlonMP/2400+ Dual) = C++ 46. Naohiro Yokoyama Aleph Zero AT compatible (AthlonXP/2000+) Java= , C (Participants of the 10th Championship) 44. KIKUCHI HISASHI KIKUCHI1600 undecided = C (Participants of the 9th Championship) 39. Koichi Inoue Inoue Shogi undecided (New comers) --. Hasimoto Kazuhito hsyo undecided --. 2-play.com Team (LAOS) DNS (Distributed interNet Shogi) AT compatible (Pentium4/1.5MHz+1.0MHz+1.0MHz) C/= C++ --. Norihisa Nishimura My Move FRONTIER eA2-R35DR/V(Athlon64/3500+) C/= C++ --. Takafumi Yoshihara Chips NEC Lavie(Athlon64/3000+) V= C++ --. KAZUO NAKANE NAKANE SHOGI undecided V= C++ --. Kohmura Minoru Hikau AT compatible (undecided) V= C++ --. Tsuyoshi SUZUKI Foci undecided = C ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- 53 *Team Member 2. Team Gekisashi *Yoshimasa Tsuruoka, Daisaku Yokoyama,=20 Takashi Maruyama, Ryo Takase, Takumi Ouchi 4. KCCShogi Team *An KyongNam, Pak KwangHyok, Ri YongMin, Hong RyoH= oon 7. TACOS project team *Hashimoto Tsuyoshi, Taketoshi Masahumi,=20 Nagashima Jun, Matsubara Keigo, Sano Akihiko, Murata Tomoki 11. Kinoa *Yamada Motoki 21. Team GPS KANEKO Tomoyuki, Tetsuro Tanaka,=20 *Shunsuke SOEDA, Yoshiki Hayashi, TAKEUCHI Shogo 23. Usapyon's Parents *Yasuhiro Ike, Yasuo Suzuki, Rumi Ike 28. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Kotani Laboratory *Kazutomo SHIBAHARA, Akira SUZUKI, Yoshiyuki KOT= ANI 31. Sugi Shogi Development Team *Kazuhito Sugiyama, Toru Horie 38. HIT-SHOGI TEAM Shohei Seike, Ryosuke Ohguchi, *Takeshi Ito 41. TSUBAKIHARA *Osamu Tsubakihara, Masaaki Fukumoto, Kenji Mori= 43. team X Till Plewe, *Yoshihiro Komatsu (Participants of the 12th Championship) 48. ken shogi kenichirou shimada (New comer) --. 2-play.com Team (LAOS) *Heungmany boonnong, Heungmany phuvieng, Zhong= yi The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournaments. (Notes) wildcat is the successor of Shijuu no Tenarai. Inoue Shogi is the successor of INS99. Auau Shogi is the successor of Ujiie Shogi. Aleph Zero is the successor of Yokoyama Shogi. sigma-BLAST is the successor of S-mode. (Invited Program) SPS Kitahei for Windows95 Kitaihei will enter if the number of the lower division participants is o= dd. Number of recent applicants and participants. Championship #Applicants #Participants ------------ ----------- ------------- 9th 54 40 (74%) 10th 57 45 (79%) 11th 63 55 (87%) 12th 62 50 (81%) 13th 60 45 (75%) 14th 62 43 (69%) 15th 54 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Takenobu Takizawa Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up today for a No Annual Fee Discover=AE Platinum Card and get=85 0% Intro APR on Purchases & Balance Transfers for 8 Months, Up to=20 2% Cashback Bonus=AE reward on your purchases & 100% fraud=20 protection. http://click.topica.com/= caadlRMa2i6YsbnuqMaf/DiscoverCard ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= bnuqMa.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------