11th World Computer Shogi Champiohship

Competition Dates

10-12 March 2001

Competition Venue

Kazusa Akademia Center (Kazusa Arc)
1637 Yana, Kisarazu-Shi, Chiba 292-0812, Japan
Phone: 0438-20-5555 (+81-438-20-5555)
Fax: 0438-20-5139 (+81-438-20-5139)

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 (first through 19th seeds excluding the three direct finalists).

The lower division contest will be held on the 1st 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 2nd day. There will be 9 Swiss-style games. The top 7 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.

The CSA reserves the right to alter the number of proceeding programs if the number of entrants is less than 28 or more than 64.

3rd day:

The Final

Round robin of 10 programs with each program playing each other once.

The Participants:

# Program Owner Program Name PC name (CPU, clock) Programming Language
1. Tanase, Goto Kishimoto IS Shogi Undecided C
2. Yamashita YSS 11, Planned DOS/V(Athlon/1.2GHz), Planned C
3. Kawabata Kawabata Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz), C++ Planned
These three are the seeds to the final.
4. Kanazawa Kanazawa Shogi AT Compatible(Pentium4/1.5GHz), C
5. Kakinoki Kakinoki Shogi (Athlon/1.3GHz), Planned C
6. Arioka KFEnd PowerBook2400c(PPC750/320MHz) C++
7. Jeff Rollason (UK) Shotest v5.0 AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1GHz), Planned C
8. Pauli Misikangas University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science (Finland) Shocky 4 Undecided C++
9. Yoshimura Eisei Meijin Undecided C
10. SPEC. Corp. Ltd. Tancho under Reiki Undecided C++,C,ASM
11. KCC Shogi Team (North Korea) KCC Shogi AT Compatible(Undecided) C++
12. Univ. of Tokyo Gekisashi Chikayama Lab. AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1GHz*2), Planned C++
13. Koizumi Sougin PC-LW500J(PentiumIII/500MHz) C++
14. Minata Sakura AT Compatible(PentiumII/400MHz) C++
15. Sakashita Sakashita Shogi Ver 1.1 Undecided C
16. Nakatani Ryu-no-Tamago (PentiumIII/800MHz), Planned C
17. Sekita Sekita Shogi 7 Undecided C++
18. Takada Takada Shogi Ver.3.4 PowerBook G3(PPC750/400MHz) C
19. Takahashi Nazoteki Dengi DOS/V(Athlon/1.33GHz), Planned C++
The programs #4 thru #19 are the seeds to the upper division contest.
20. Wakabayashi Hyper Shogi 7 DOS/V(Athlon/1.2GHz) PASCAL
21. Maruyama Maruyama Shogi DOS/V(PentiumII/366MHz) C
22. Reijer Grimbergen (Holland-Japan) SPEAR Gateway(Athlon/1GHz) C++
23. Dentsuudai Noshita Lab. S1.6 Gateway(Athlon/1.2GHz) C
24. Hakoda Maruden Shogi LV13C(Pentium/133MHz), Planned C++
25. Isobe, Iwasa Isobe Shogi ThinkPad(Celeron/450MHz), Planned C++
26. Oosawa Oojiro ThinkPad(PentiumIII/700MHz) C++
27. Yamada Yamada Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1GHz) C
28. Shinohara Suzu-no-Ne AT Compatible(Undecided) C++
30. Shizuoka Univ. Iida Lab. TACOS AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz) C++
31. Ujiie Auau Shogi VAIO PCG(PentiumII/400MHz) C++
32. Tokyo Univ. of Agri, & Tech. Kotani Lab. Sexy-AI-chan AT Compatible(PentiumIII/1GHz), Planned C
33. Fukuoka Fuku Shogi AT Compatible(Pentium4/1.5GHz) C
34. Suzuki Suzuki Shogi AT Compatible(Celeron/733MHz), Planned C++
35. Amano, Jr. Amano Sofu AT Compatible(PentiumIII/850MHz) C
36. Tsubakihara, Fukumoto, Mori Tsubakihara Shogi AKIA(PentiumIII/933MHz), Planned VB
37. Yokoyama Yokoyama Shogi Undecided C,Java
38. Okinoi, Ooto Piece Captor AT Compatible(MMXPentium/266MHz), Planned C++
39. Shuto Shuto Shogi AT Compatible(PentiumIII/733MHz) C
40. Nagayoshi Nagayoshi Shogi AT Compatible(PentiumIII/600MHz), Planned C
41. Tanaka, S. Shogi Moba MobileGearII (VR4111/80MHz) C
43. Tsutsumi, S. Aoi B AT Compatible(Athlon/1.2GHz), Planned C++
44. Kikuchi Kikuchi 1500 AT Compatible(Pentium4/1.5GHz), Planned C
45. Waseda Univ. Tsutsumi Lab. U10 Ver.2 VT-Alpha(Alpha/600MHz) C
(Participants of the 9th Championship)
20. Amano, Sr. Amano Shogi AT Compatible(Athlon/1.1GHz) C++
34. Sunada Sunada Shogi Ver2.0 PC-BJ300M(K6-2/533MHz) C
39. Inoue INS2001 AT Compatible(PentiumIII/933MHz) Delphi
(Participant of the 8th Championship)
20. Yano Yano Shogi 4 (Pentium4/1.4GHz) C
(New comers, order in application)
--. Komatsu Toshizo Shogi VAIO PCG887(PentiumII/333MHz) C++
--. Sato Shoko COMPAQ(PentiumIII/700MHz), Planned C++
--. Hasegawa SHOGI BOY Digital Hinite(Pentium/266MHz) C++
--. Kawarabayashi Meijin Konta DOS/V(PentiumIII/750MHz) PASCAL
--. Honda 100.EXE FLORA(PentiumII/333MHz), Planned C,ASM
--. Imai Imai Shogi IBM(Celeron/500MHz) C
--. Dentsuudai Ito Lab. Ito Kanshu Ver 0.0 PC-MJ140R(PentiumIII/600MHz), Planned Delphi
--. Matsui S-mode VAIO PCG(PentiumIII/750MHz) C++
--. Okayama Univ. Shakunaga Lab. Oni Shogi EPSON(Celeron/600MHz), Planned C
--. Ando ASS MDV(PentiumIII/1.0GHz) C++
--. Komura Hikaku AT Compatible(PentiumIII/700MHz), Planned C++
--. Ike, et. al. Usapyon AT compatible(PentiumIII/1.0GHz*2), Planned C++
--. Yamamoto JavaTaikyoku CF-S23(Celeron/300MHz) Java
--. Shimada ken Shogi PowerBook1400C(PPC750/233MHz), Planned C No-com.
--, Tanaka, T. TECC1 AKIA(PentiumIII/1.0GHz), Planned C
--. Murayama NariKin Shogi Bug-fixed version Undecided C++

63 Programs

The numbers on the left are the result of the previous tournament.

(Notes)
Amono Sofu is the successor of DNA Shogi.
Auau Shogi is the successor of Ujiie Shogi.
Usapyon was separated from Suzuki Shogi and has been independently developed.

(Invited Program)
SPS Kitahei for Windows95
Kitaihei will enter if the number of the lower division participants is odd.

Number of recent applicants and participants:

Championship  #Applicants  #Participants
------------  -----------  -------------
7th            39           32  (82%)
8th            43           35  (81%)
9th            54           40  (74%)
10th           57           45  (79%)
11th           63
Takenobu Takizawa