From: TAKIZAWA Takenobu mnc waseda ac jp> Date: 11 feb 2006 Subject: The announcement of the 16th World Computer Shogi Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unlimited International Calls to Certain Counties with Packet8. Our International VoIP Plans offer subscribers a easier way to save on overseas calls. 1-877-868-1135 http://click.topica.com/= caaer6Ia2i6YsbnuqMaa/ TMONE ------------------------------------------------------------------- The 16th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant List It is our pleasure to announce that the 16th World Computer Shogi Championship will be held in Japan in May 2006. There will be fifty-two (52) participants at the tournament. Takenobu Takizawa The Chair of the Executive Committee of the 16th championship The President of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA) Kentaro Kayama The Chief Adjudicator of the 16th championship A Director of the Computer Shogi Association -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 16th World Computer Shogi Championship Competition Dates May 3-5, 2006 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/ =20 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. 3rd day: The Final Round robin of 8 programs with each program playing each other once. The Participants: =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) OS/ Language /Libr= ary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- 1. Team Gekisashi Gekisashi undecided Linux C++ 2. KCC Shogi Team (North Korea) KCC Shogi undecided VC++ 4. Hiroshi Yamashita YSS undecided Win2000 C++ (The above three are the seeds to the final) 5. Akinori Onmoto Bingo Shogi undecided 6. JAIST TACOS team TACOS undecided C++ 7. Yuichi Nakatani Dragon's Egg undecided WinXP 8. Team GPS GPS shogi undecided C++ osl-for-= csa 9. Masaaki Arioka KFEnd undecided Linux C++,Ruby 10. Yoshikazu Kakinoki Kakinoki Shogi undecided C++ 11. Shinichiro Kanazawa Kanazawa Shogi undecided Linux C 12. Tomoshi Otsuki, Natsumaro Kutsuna Otsuki Shogi undecided 13. Jeff Rollason (UK) Shotest v8.0 3.5 GHz C++ 14. Masayuki Isobe Shore undecided C++/Pytho= n 15. Kazufumi Nara Nara Shogi undecided C++ 16. Reijer Grimbergen (The Netherlands) SPEAR undecided C++ 17. Masahito Takahashi Nazo's Digital Shogics Player Athlon64x2/4800+ WinXP C/C++ 19. Kinoa Kinoa Shogi undecided C 20. Keitaro Honda K-Shogi undecided C++ 21. Usapyon's Parents Usapyon Opteron280(2.4GHz/DualCore) x= 2 WinXP C++ lesser= pyon (Team #5 thru #21 are the seeds to the upper division contest.) 22. Tasuku Hanai WILDCAT undecided C 23. Taikou Yamada Yamada Shogi undecided C 25. Toru Maruyama Maruyama Shogi undecided 26. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Kotani Laboratory mattari-yuchan undecided 27. Ichiro Ujiie Auau Shogi undecided 28. Tomonobu Masumoto oki undecided 30. Norihisa Nishimura My Move undecided 31. Team of Sugi Shogi Development Sugi Shogi Athlon XP/2400+ Linux C 32. Masaki Murayama Narikin Shogi undecided 33. Koichi Nakao Ryuma Shogi undecided WinXP C++ 34. Tsubakihara Shogi Tsubakihara Shogi Pentium4/3000+ WinXP Visual B= asic 36. HIT Shogi Team HIT Shogi + SS ver.0.40 undecided Delphi 37. Hiroyuki Nagayoshi Hayabusa AMD Turion64 2.2GHz C 39. Masahiko Tokita Daemon Shogi undecided (Participant of the 14th Championship) 18. Satoshi Tsutsumi Aoi undecided Linux C/C++ (Participant of the 13th Championship) 27. Kiyokazu Osawa OJIRO PentiumM C++ (Participants of the 12th Championship) 25. Junichi Takada undecided undecided Java 48. Ken Shogi Ken Shogi undecided (Participants of the 11th Championship) 34. Kenta Amano AmanoSouho2 Celeron/2.4GHz Win2000 46. Naohiro Yokoyama Aleph Zero undecided Java 51. Hidenori Kawarabayashi meijin konta undecided WinXP Delphi+VC= (Participant of the 10th Championship) 44. Hisashi Kikuchi KIKUTI2000 undecided (Participant of the 9th Championship) 39. Koichi Inoue Inoue Shogi undecided (Participant of the 5th Championship) 13. Masanori Ogawa Soumato undecided (Newcomers) --. Kazuhiro Yasutake misaki undecided WinXP C++ --. Kunihito Hoki (Canada) Bonanza undecided --. GodMaster Shogi Team (USA) GodMaster undecided --. Kosaku Inagaki Inagaki Shogi undecided --. Yoshinori Higashiuchi AVANTE undecided C++ --. Yuichi Morioka Gasyou! Athlon64 X2 3800+=20=20 Linux Java JavaShogiLib(1= .0) --. Yasushi Tanase undecided Athlon64 FX-55/2.6GHz WinXP C= ++ --. Masaya Hasegawa Shogi Boy undecided --. Takeshi Masuda Masuda Shogi undecided WinXP Java ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- 52 *Team Members 1. Team Gekisashi *Yoshimasa Tsuruoka, Daisaku Yokoyama,=20 Takashi Maruyama, Ryo Takase, Takumi Ouchi 2. KCC Shogi Team *KyongNam An, KwangHyok Pak, YongMin Ri,=20 RyoHoon Hong 6. JAIST TACOS team *Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Masafumi Taketoshi,=20 Jun Nagashima, Keigo Matsubara,=20 Akihiko Sano, Tomoki Murata,=20 Takeaki Hamada, Jun'ichi Hashimoto 8. Team GPS Tetsuro Tanaka, Tomoyuki Kaneko, Shunsuke Soeda, Yoshiki Hayashi, *Shogo Takeuchi 19. Kinoa *Motoki Yamada 21. Usapyon's Parents *Yasuhiro Ike, Yasuo Suzuki, Rumi Ike 26. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Kotani Laboratory *Kazutomo Shibahara, Akira Suzuki,=20 Yoshiyuki Kotani 31. Team of Sugi Shogi Development *Kazuhito Sugiyama, Toru Horie 34. Tsubakihara Shogi *Osamu Tsubakihara, Masaaki Fukumoto, Kenji Mo= ri 36. HIT Shogi Team Shohei Seike, Ryosuke Ohguchi, *Takeshi Ito (Participant of the 12th Championship) 48. Ken Shogi *Kenichiro Shimada (Newcomer) --. GodMaster Shogi Team *Larry Tu The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournaments. (Notes) Shore is the successor of Isobe Shogi. Inoue Shogi is the successor of INS99. Soumato is the successor of Ogawa Shogi. Aleph Zero is the successor of Yokoyama Shogi. Yasushi Tanase himself refused to be seeded in the final or in the upper division contest; instead, his program will enter=20 the lower division contest. (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 52 39 (75%) 16th 52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Is your computer freezing up or slowing down? 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