From: Larry Kaufman comcast net> Date: 1 jul 2005 Subject: various This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C57DD5.1EEC35F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE Zoobooks Elephants ISSUE and tiger POSTER! Is your child reading? Zoobooks is guaranteed to improve=20 your child=92s reading skills. Click below to sign up now! http://click.topica.com/= caadCUza2i6YsbnuqMaa/Zoobooks ------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all, I'm reporting that the semi-annual Poconos tournament wa= s won by my son Raymond Kaufman. It was a round-robin, with all games playe= d even this time. Although I was absent, there were several Japanese in the= 3-4 Dan range, so this was quite a surprising result.=20 Secondly, further feedback on the free shogi software "Bonanza". Today= Mr. Yoshinari, a well-established Japanese amateur 4 Dan player, played at= least ten games with it, taking sente and unlimited time (though he did pl= ay rather quickly), while the computer was only allowed 5 seconds per move.= Despite this large handicap, the computer won every game, although Mr. Yos= hinari would have won one game except for a mouse-slip (there is no apparen= t way to retract a move). This suggests that the program is on a par with J= apanese amateur 6 Dan players, which is consistent with the recent result o= f another program scoring 3 out of 4 against top amateurs in the ama Ryuoh = tournament. It seems that the programs are on the verge of being able to ch= allenge low-ranked pros on even terms. In view of the recent success of the super-computer system "Hydra" in = crushing one of the world's best chess players (Micky Adams) by 5 1/2 to 1/= 2 in a serious match, one can only wonder what a similar project for shogi = could accomplish. My guess is that such a machine with a comparable program= ming effort would be able to play shogi on a par with fairly strong pros, t= hough not yet with the title holders. But it may be only a few years before= a super-computer can topple Habu in a match, if anyone devotes the effort = to make it happen. Larry Kaufman, Amateur 5 Dan Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Erase wrinkles without Botox! Nexiderm SP is clinically proven to=20 reduce wrinkles by 68% Click here to get your 30-day free supply. http://click.topica.com/= caadAcka2i6YsbnuqMaf/Nexiderm ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --^---------------------------------------------------------------- ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C57DD5.1EEC35F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable = 
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     First of all, I'm= =20 reporting that the semi-annual Poconos tournament was won by my son Raymond= =20 Kaufman. It was a round-robin, with all games played even this time. Althou= gh I=20 was absent, there were several Japanese in the 3-4 Dan range, so this was q= uite=20 a surprising result.
     Secondly, further= feedback=20 on the free shogi software "Bonanza". Today Mr. Yoshinari, a well-establish= ed=20 Japanese amateur 4 Dan player, played at least ten games with it, taking se= nte=20 and unlimited time (though he did play rather quickly), while the computer = was=20 only allowed 5 seconds per move. Despite this large handicap, the computer = won=20 every game, although Mr. Yoshinari would have won one game except for a=20 mouse-slip (there is no apparent way to retract a move). This suggests that= the=20 program is on a par with Japanese amateur 6 Dan players, which is consisten= t=20 with the recent result of another program scoring 3 out of 4 against top= =20 amateurs in the ama Ryuoh tournament. It seems that the programs are on the= =20 verge of being able to challenge low-ranked pros on even terms.
     In view of the re= cent=20 success of the super-computer system "Hydra" in crushing one of the world's= best=20 chess players (Micky Adams) by 5 1/2 to 1/2 in a serious match, one can onl= y=20 wonder what a similar project for shogi could accomplish. My guess is that = such=20 a machine with a comparable programming effort would be able to play shogi = on a=20 par with fairly strong pros, though not yet with the title holders. But it = may=20 be only a few years before a super-computer can topple Habu in a match, if= =20 anyone devotes the effort to make it happen.
 
     Larry Kaufman, Am= ateur 5=20 Dan
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