Annual computer Go tournament
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
|
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