Computer Go UEC Cup

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The Computer Go UEC Cup is an annual worldwide computer Go tournament held at the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo, Japan,[1] since 2007.[2] The winners of the tournament would then play exhibition games against a professional Go player.

The tournament was typically structured as a preliminary Swiss-system invitational to determine challengers (with the previous year's UEC winners excluded), then a knockout tournament of sixteen players to determine the champion.

UEC Cup was terminated after its 10th edition in 2017 and was succeeded by AI Ryusei, a new computer Go tournament sponsored by Japanese Igo & Shogi Channel.[3] In 2019, the University of Electro-Communications hosted the renewed 11th UEC Cup with new sponsors.

History

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UEC Cup winners and runners-up

No. Time Winner Runner-up
1st 1–2 December 2007 Crazy Stone Katsunari
2nd 13–14 December 2008 Crazy Stone 不動碁
3rd 28–29 November 2009 KCC Go Katsunari
4th 27–28 November 2010 Fuego Zen
5th 3–4 December 2011 Zen Erica
6th 16–17 March 2013 Crazy Stone Zen
7th 15–16 March 2014 Zen Crazy Stone
8th 14–15 March 2015 Crazy Stone DolBaram
9th 19–20 March 2016[4] Zen[5] darkforest
10th 18–19 March 2017 Fine Art DeepZenGo
11th 14–15 December 2019 Golaxy AQZ
12th[6] 20-21 March 2021 VisionGo[7] Ranka Go

Exhibition games against professional Go players

Year Position Program Handicap Professional player Result
2008 Winner Crazy Stone 7 stones Kaori Aoba (4p) Crazy Stone won by resignation
2009 3rd place Zen 6 stones Kaori Aoba (4p) Kaori Aoba won by resignation
Winner KCC Go 6 stones 鄭銘瑝 (9p) 鄭 won by resignation
2010 Runner-up Zen 6 stones Kaori Aoba (4p) Zen won by resignation
Winner Fuego 6 stones 鄭銘瑝 (9p) 鄭 won by resignation
2011 Runner-up Erica 6 stones Chizu Kobayashi (5p) Chizu Kobayashi won by resignation
Winner Zen 6 stones 鄭銘瑝 (9p) Zen won by resignation
2013 Runner-up Zen 4 stones Yoshio Ishida (9p) Yoshio Ishida won by resignation
Winner Crazy Stone 4 stones Yoshio Ishida Crazy Stone won by 2.5 points[8][9]
2014 Runner-up Crazy Stone 4 stones Norimoto Yoda (9p) Crazy Stone won by 2.5 points
Winner Zen 4 stones Norimoto Yoda Norimoto Yoda won by resignation
2015 Runner-up DolBaram 4 stones Cho Chikun (9p) DolBaram won by resignation
Winner Crazy Stone 3 stones Cho Chikun Cho Chikun won by resignation
2016 Runner-up darkforest 3 stones Koichi Kobayashi (9p) Koichi Kobayashi won by resignation
Winner Zen 3 stones Koichi Kobayashi Zen won by resignation
2017[10] Runner-up DeepZenGo even Ichiriki Ryo (7p) DeepZenGo won by resignation
Winner Fine Art even Ichiriki Ryo Fine Art won by resignation

References

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  1. ^ "The Mysterious Game of Go". HMH in the News. June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Outline". The Tenth UEC Cup Computer Go. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ "AI 竜星戦 2017" (in Japanese). igoshogi.net. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ^ "31 computer programs face off at int'l go board game contest in Tokyo". Kyodo News. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ^ "The third championship (the ninth UEC cup computer Go Tournaments) that it is two years since the last Zen". Nihon Ki-in. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ^ "The 12nd Computer Go UEC Cup". Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  7. ^ "UEC杯"AI盛会"VisionGo全胜夺冠 烂柯围棋首秀喜获亚军". 163.com (in Simplified Chinese). 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Crazy Stone computer Go program defeats Ishida Yoshio 9 dan with 4 stones". Go Game Guru. 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. ^ ""Crazy Stone" Computer Go Program Defeats Ishida at Japanese UEC Cup". American Go Association. 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017.
  10. ^ "电圣战腾讯AI绝艺胜一力辽 日本新星连输两大AI" (in Chinese). QQ.com. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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