Computer Go UEC Cup

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

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

^ "The Mysterious Game of Go". HMH in the News. June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ "Outline". The Tenth UEC Cup Computer Go. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^ "AI 竜星戦 2017" (in Japanese). igoshogi.net. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "The 12nd Computer Go UEC Cup". Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ""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.
^ "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.

External links

[1] "The Mysterious Game of Go". HMH in the News. June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

[10th_UEC_Cup-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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