The 29th World Computer Shogi Championship Applicant List

[Reijer Grimbergen]

Posted on behalf of Takenobu Takizawa,

The 29th World Computer Shogi Championship Applicant List

It is our pleasure to announce that the 29th World Computer
Shogi Championship (WCSC) will be held in Japan in May 2019.
There will be sixty-two (62) participants at the tournament.

Takenobu Takizawa
Chair of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA)
Hiroshi Yamashita
Director of the Computer Shogi Association
& Director of the World Computer Shogi Championship
Kentaro Kayama
Director of the Computer Shogi Association

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    Developer             Program
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 1. Barrel house          Kristallweizen
 2. Yu Yamaguchi          PAL
 3. Takuya Hiraoka        Apery
 4. Hiroaki Matsuyama     Meijin Cobra
 5. Ziosoft Computer Shogi Club  Tanu-King
 6. Shogi Galaxy          GodWhale
 7. Passione Shogi Team   Qhapaq di molto
 8. Mitsuhiko Watanabe    HoneyWaffle
 9. Kenichi Yokouchi, Yasunao Yokouchi  taishogun
10. Shakushishogi         takotto
11. Yuhei Omori           nozomi
12. Makoto Takizawa       elmo
14. Hirotaka Kumagai      Novice
15. Yes!MagicalGirl Ichimura Yutaka  Argo
16. Hiromitsu Sakurai     W@ndre
17. Akira Takeuchi        Shueso
(Team #1 thru #17 are the seeds to the upper division contest.)

20. Kazuyuki Kawabata     Nanoha
21. NineDayFever          NineDayFever
23. Keisuke Watanabe      Ayame
24. Tadao Yamaoka         dlshogi
26. Mitsuharu Ohguma      CGP
27. Team Himawari         Himawari
28. Kayufu (France)       Crazy Shogi
29. Yoshikazu Kakinoki    Kakinoki Shogi
30. Shibaura Institute of Technology  Shibaura Shogi Softmax
31. Masatoshi Hidaka      NENE Shogi
32. Takahisa Yamashita    TMOQ
34. Taikou Yamada         Yamada Shogi
35. Team D                dainomaruDNNc
36. Yuichi Morioka        Gasyou?
37. Qinoa                 QinoaSyougi
38. Yoshiyuki Kotani, Kazutomo Shibahara  Mattari Yuuchan
39. Tenuki Team           Tenuki
40. Tsuyoshi Tsukiji      Jinsei okuribunt shippai
41. Junichi Takada        Garyu
42. Katsudon Shogi        KatsudonShogi
43. Tasuku Hanai          ichibinichi
44. Hiroyuki Nagayoshi    komaasobi
46. David Wada (USA)      Wizard of Odds - Season 2
49. Shintaro Sakoda       Miacis
50. Takahiro Fujimaru     SMS Shogi
51. Shisai Amano          762alpha
52. Windfall              Windfall
53. Masaki Murayama       narikinshogi
55. Satoshi Takahashi     Kifuwarabe

(Participants of the 27th Championship)
30. Shogi Engine Factory  Claire
33. Ichiro Ujiie          Scherzo
45. Atsushi Murata        NicoreShogi
48. Ryosuke Sueyoshi      16 Shiki Iroha Revised

(New comers)
--. koron project         koron
--. Satoshi Tanaka        st34
--. Yuki Goto, Kazumi Ono FTS3
--. Daigo Tanaka          Daigorilla
--. Souta Shimada         Dharma Shogi
--. Usapyon Extra Development Team  Usapyon Extra
--. YaneuraOu with Otafuku lab. 2019  YaneuraOu
--. Yuko Yasuga           Neko Sho
--. Kei Ishida            Yorkie
--. Seattle Shogi Club    Kifuh
--. Tatsuya Sugimura      Suishou
--. Team Aoba Zero        Aoba Zero
--. Kunihiko Kanou        GCT
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62

Team Member
 1. Barrel house          Seiji Shiba, Mitsunori Matsushita, Yasuhiro Tajima
 5. Ziosoft Computer Shogi Club
                          Hisayori Noda, Atsushi Okabe, Takahiro Suzuki, Yu Nasu, Akio Kawano
 6. Shogi Galaxy          Masahiro Suzuki
 7. Passione Shogi Team   Ryoto Sawada, Yuki Ito, Toshihiro Shirakawa
10. Shakushishogi         Masashi Takigawa, Taishi Uchimiya, Toshihito Oba
15. Yes!MagicalGirl Ichimura Yutaka  Yutaka Ichimura
21. NineDayFever          Yuzi Kanazawa
27. Team Himawari         Kazumasa Yamamoto, Taku Nagatsuka, Atsunari Takagi
28. Kayufu (France)       Remi Coulom
30. Shibaura Institute of Technology
                          Harukazu Igarashi, Naoyuki Yokota, Takuma Yoshino, Hiromasa Iwamoto
35. Team D                Kazumi Daibo, Atsushi Daibo
37. Qinoa                 Motoki Yamada
39. Tenuki Team           Taro Suzuki, Naoki Tamagawa
42. Katsudon Shogi        Koji Matsumoto, Takuro Ikeda
52. Windfall              Yasuhiro Imoto

(Participants of the 27th Championship)
30. Shogi Engine Factory  Daisuke Uehara

(New comers)
--. koron project         Kosuke Noda
--. Usapyon Extra Development Team   Yasuhiro Ike, Tarou Shiozaki
--. YaneuraOu with Otafuku lab. 2019   Motohiro Isozaki
--. Seattle Shogi Club    Vo Chi Cong
--. Team Aoba Zero        Kunihito Hoki, Hiroshi Yamashita, Yuki Kobayashi


 The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournament.
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WCSC (year) #applicants #entrants
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  19 (2009)  52          42   81%
  20 (2010)  58          42   72%
  21 (2011)  51          37   73%
  22 (2012)  50          41   82%
  23 (2013)  48          39   81%
  24 (2014)  45          38   84%
  25 (2015)  46          39   85%
  26 (2016)  57          51   89%
  27 (2017)  58          50   86%
  28 (2018)  62          56   90%
  29 (2019)  62
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[BCM]

Hi,

it's sad, that google didn't participate.

Maybe they didn't know about the magnitude of this turnament.

Maybe anyone can contact google and ask about participation?

bye,
BCM

[shogin...@gmail.com]

I'm pretty sure that they're just preoccupied with alphaStar so they aren't really looking into shogi anymore