1993 World Computer Go Congress Results:
This year one program, Handtalk, was clearly superior to all the others.
It won all 6 of its games, and has a very strong middle game for a computer
go program. Only one game, against Stone was close (4 points), since Handtalk
gave back a lot of points in the endgame after getting way ahead in the
middle game. Handtalk is also very fast, completing a game in less than
20 minutes.
Star of Poland, Go Intellect, Many Faces, Modgo, and Stone are similar in
strength. Star of Poland is a little stronger tactically, and took second,
with 5 wins. In the game between Many Faces and Star of Poland, Many Faces
was ahead right up until the last few dame were filled, when Star of Poland
brought a large group back to life through better tactics. In the game
between Star of Poland and Stone, Stone was a little ahead until the late
endgame, when Star of Poland captured a group. The 6 round tournament ended
with a tie between Many Faces and Go Intellect on all 4 tiebreakers, so Many
Faces and Go Intellect played a game to settle the tie, which Go Intellect
won by one point.
In the 15 play handicap games between Handtalk and 3 local young experts
(12 year old amateur 3 dans), Handtalk won one and lost two, so the 15
play handicap prize remains unclaimed.
Goliath and Nemesis did not compete this year.
1st Place: Handtalk, China
2nd Place: Star of Poland, Poland
3rd Place: Go Intellect, USA (last year's champion)
4th Place: The Many Faces of Go, USA
5th Place: Modgo, Germany
6th Place: Stone, USA
Tournament Grid:
1. Go Intellect, Ken Chen, University of North Carolina, USA
2. Modgo, Walter Knopfle, Germany
3. Go Star, Yi Bo You, Beijing, China
4. Wu, Tong Kwan Wu, Beijing, China
5. Honinbo, Takeshiro Yoshikawa, Japan
6. Annon, Chung Ho Lee, Seoul, Korea
7. Star of Poland, Janusz Kraszek, Poland
8. Handtalk, Zhi Xing Chen, Guangzhou, China
9. Explorer, Martin Muller, Zurich, Switzerland
10. Stone, Kuo Yuan Kao, University of North Carolina, USA
11. Xia Hawi Chen, Beijing, China
12. The Many Faces of Go, David Fotland, San Jose, USA
13. Taiwan
Wins Place
1 +2 +4 -8 -7 +11 +6 4 3 USA
2 -1 +3 +4 +5 +6 -8 4 5 Germany
3 -4 -2 -9 +B -13 +B 2 12 China
4 +3 -1 -2 +13 +5 -12 3 7 China
5 -6 -7 +B -2 -4 -13 1 13 Japan
6 +5 -8 -7 +9 -2 -13 2 10 Korea
7 -8 +5 +6 +1 +12 +10 5 2 Poland
8 +7 +6 +1 +12 +10 +2 6 1 China
9 -10 -12 +3 -6 +B +11 3 8 Switzerland
10 +9 +13 -12 +11 -8 -7 3 6 USA
11 -12 +B +13 -10 -1 -9 2 11 China
12 +11 +9 +10 -8 -7 +4 4 4 USA
13 +B -10 011 -4 +3 +5 3 9 Taiwan
+B indicates a bye.
-David Fotland