WCSC20 Participant List
TAKIZAWA Takenobu
It is our pleasure to announce that the 20th World Computer Shogi
Championship will be held in Japan in May 2010.
There will be fifty-eight (58) participants at the tournament.
Takenobu Takizawa
Chair of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA)
Director of the World Computer Shogi Championship
Kentaro Kayama
Director of the Computer Shogi Association
Chief Adjudicator of the 20th Championship
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The 20th World Computer Shogi Championship
Competition Dates
May 2-4, 2010
Competition Venue
West 9th building, The University of Electro-Communications
1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu-Shi, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
Phone: 042-443-5015
(+81-42-443-5015)
http://www.uec.ac.jp/eng/about/visual/directions.html
The West 9th Building is #40 on the campus map
found at the link shown above.
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 rules of the tournament are on the CSA homepage
(http://www.computer-shogi.org/index_e.html).
The Participants:
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Developer Program CPU
Language/Library
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1. Team GPS GPS Shogi undecided C++ osl-for-csa
2. Otsuki Shogi Otsuki Shogi Xeon/5365 C,Python
5. Team Bonanza Bonanza Feliz undecided C,Perl bonanza
(The above three are the seeds to the final)
6. Team Gekisashi Gekisashi undecided C++
7. Hiroshi Yamashita YSS undecided C++
8. Akira Takeuchi Shueso undecided C++
10. Akira Shimoyama Blunder Opteron/2439 SE C#
11. Yuichi Nakatani Dragon's Egg undecided
12. Reijer Grimbergen (Netherlands)
SPEAR undecided C++
13. Yoshikazu Kakinoki Kakinoki-Shogi Core2Extreme/QX9770 C++
14. Akinori Onmoto Bingo Shogi Core2Extreme/QX6850 C++
15. Taikou Yamada Yamada Shogi undecided C
16. Eiki Ito Bonkras undecided C,C++ bonanza
17. TACOS team TACOS Xeon/X5492 C++
18. Kinoa Kinoa Shogi undecided
20. Kazuhiro Yasutake Misaki Core2Extreme/QX6850 vC++
21. Usapyon's Parents Usapyon PhenomII/940 C++
22. Jeff Rollason (UK) Shotest Celeron Notebook C++
23. Hiroshi Mitani Yumeki Core2Duo/E8600 C++
(Team #6 thru #23 are the seeds to the upper division contest.)
25. Masayuki Yamada Ym-Shogi Core2Duo/T8100 Java
26. Ichiro Ujiie Auau Shogi undecided
27. Junichi Takada Garyu Core2Duo/T7700 Java
28. Masaki Murayama Narikin Shogi undecided C++
29. TUAT Kotani Lab. Mattari-Yuuchan undecided
30. Kazuhiko Kusano, Koichi Honda, Fumiya Suto
Tohske undecided C++
31. Issei Yamamoto Ponanza Corei7/950 C#
32. Kazuyuki Kawabata Nanoha PhenomIIX4/940BE C++
33. Seishou Hakusa Hakusa Shogi undecided C++ lesserpyon
34. Tomonobu Masumoto Oki
35. Yuichi Morioka Gasyou!!!! Core2Duo/P8600 C++
36. Yasuo Suzuki Suzuki Shogi Core2Duo/T8300 C++
37. Daemon Shogi Daemon Shogi Core2Duo/P8400 C++
39. Hiroyuki Nagayoshi Komaasobi undecided C,C++
40. Takahiro Sasaki Tohu Celeron Dual-Core/SU2300 C++
41. Koichi Inoue Inoue Shogi undecided
(Participants of the 18th Championship)
7. Kazufumi Nara Nara Shogi Core2Extreme/QX6800 C++
9. Yoshikuni Sato Kiri undecided C
(Participants of the 17th Championship)
21. Larry Tu (USA) 3577 iPad Obj C
40. Tsubakihara Shogi Tsubakihara Shogi Core2Duo/3GHz Visual Basic
(Participants of the 14th Championship)
15. Kenichi Satoh Shouou WP undecided java
(New comers)
--. YANEURAO Yaneuraoh Xeon YaneLisp
--. David Wada (USA) Mumyou Corei7/920 Java
--. Taketo Konno Inaniwa Shogi PentiumM/1.5GHz C++ lesserpyon (v3)
--. Yasuhide Umeshima Hurricane undecided
--. Shibaura Institute of Technology
Shibaura Shogi Master undecided C Bonanza Version 4.1.1
--. Eiji Takimoto, Masayuki Takeda, Hideo Bannai, Kohei Hatano, Daiki Suehiro,
Keisuke Goto, Shota Yasutake
STR undecided
--. Shisai Amano Dias R7 undecided
--. Team NISHIMOTO Soliton undecided
--. Takeshi Kimura Mechawooser Corei7/860 C,C++,CUDA,python
--. Masahiko Saikaishi Selene undecided
--. Takanori Ichimaru Tsutsukana undecided
--. Masaya Hasegawa Shogi Boy undecided
--. Minoru Kohmura Hikaku undecided
--. Nagato Dialy Shogikko Project
Mikaku Mei undecided
--. Kenji Shimizu Eden Core2Duo/T7500 Lisp,C
--. Masao Imaishi Fukaku GPU Shogi undecided C
--. Masayoshi Nakamura Staty undecided gpsshogi-for-csa,osl-for-csa
--. Shinpei Kamatsuka LeChat Corei7/940 java
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*Team Member
1. Team GPS Tetsuro Tanaka, Tomoyuki Kaneko, Daigo Moriwaki,
Shunsuke Soeda, Yoshiki Hayashi, Shogo Takeuchi
2. Otsuki Shogi Tomoshi Otsuki, Natsumaro Kutsuna, Jun Araki
5. Team Bonanza Kunihito Hoki, Takuya Obata, Takuya Sugiyama, Takeshi Ito
6. Team Gekisashi Yoshimasa Tsuruoka, Daisaku Yokoyama, Takashi Maruyama,
Ryo Takase, Takumi Oouchi
17. TACOS team Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Masahumi Taketoshi, Jun Nagashima,
Keigo Matsubara, Akihiko Sano, Tomoki Murata,
Takeaki Hamada, Jun'ichi Hashimoto, Toshiki Matsui
18. Kinoa Motoki Yamada
21. Usapyon's Parents Yasuhiro Ike
29. TUAT Kotani Lab. Yoshiyuki Kotani, Kazutomo Shibahara, Tsuyoshi Tsukiji,
Naoto Sato, Toru Matsubara, Masahiro Yokoyama,
Takuya Ugajin
37. daemonshogi Hisashi Horikawa, Masahiko Tokoita
(Participants of the 17th Championship)
40. Tsubakihara Shogi Osamu Tsubakihara, Masaaki Fukumoto, Kenzi Mori
(New comers)
--. YANEURAO Motohiro Isozaki, Shin Iwamoto
--. Shibaura Institute of Technology Keisuke Mayuzumi, Harukazu Igarashi
--. Team NISHIMOTO Yukari Nishimoto, Kazuhiro Tawara, Tsuyoshi Suzuki
The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournament.
(Notes)
Bonanza Feliz is the successor of Bonanza.
Bonkras is the successor of A-Class League Move #1.
Komaasobi is the successor of Hayabusa.
(Invited Program)
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Kotani Laboratory 1
Sexy AI-chan
Sexy AI-chan will enter if the number of the lower division participants
is odd.
Number of recent applicants and participants.
Championship #Applicants #Participants
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14th 62 43 (69%)
15th 52 39 (75%)
16th 52 42 (81%)
17th 47 40 (85%)
18th 52 40 (77%)
19th 53 42 (79%)
20th 58
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