Ing Cup 1997: San Fransisco

The 1997 Computer Goe Congress took place in San Francisco, November 21-23. Sponsors of the tournament were Ing Educational Goe Foundation, Everex Computers and Asanté Technologies. The tournament was organized by Ernest Brown of American Ing Goe and directed by Danny Swarzman of the San Francisco Go Club.

The results of the computer tournament are listed below.

The Players

      The Many Faces of Go - David Fotland - USA
      Star of Poland - Janusz Kraszek - Poland
      Silver Igo - Naritatsu Yamamoto (representing Silver Star Japan) - Japan
      Super Ego - Bruce Wilcox - USA
      Handtalk - Chen Zhixing - China
      Go Intellect - Ken Chen - USA
      Go4++ - Michael Reiss - United Kingdom
      MODGO - Alfred Knoepfle (representing Alfred Knoephle and Walter Knoephle) - Germany
      FunGo - Park Yong Goo - Korea
      Explorer - Martin Mueller - Austria
The Results

Rank Program

   1.Handtalk
   2.Go4++
   3.Go Intellect
   4.Silver Igo
   5.The Many Faces of Go
   6.MODGO
   7.FunGo
   8.Star of Poland
   9.Explorer
  10.Super Ego

The Tournament Grid

Program           Score SDOS* Rank  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10

Many Faces of Go  5     10    5     x  1  0  1  0  0  0  1  1  1
Star of Poland    2     1     8     0  x  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1
Silver Igo        7     22    4     1  1  x  1  0  1  0  1  1  1
Super Ego         0     0     10    0  0  0  x  0  0  0  0  0  0
Handtalk          8     30    1     1  1  1  1  x  0  1  1  1  1
Go Intellect      7     23    3     1  1  0  1  1  x  0  1  1  1
Go4+              8     29    2     1  1  1  1  0  1  x  1  1  1
MODGO             4     6     6     0  1  0  1  0  0  0  x  1  1
FunGo             3     3     7     0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  x  1
Explorer          1     0     9     0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  x
* sum of defeated opponents' scores

Computer-Human Results

The computer champion, Handtalk, was matched against three human players. Handtalk was allowed to place 11 stones as a handicap. Handtalk defeated Lin Ting-Chao, a 13-year-old Taiwanese 2 Dan by three points and Jonathan Wang, an American 6 Dan by 21 points. Hwang Yi-Tsuu, an 11-year-old Taiwanese 4 Dan soundly defeated Handtalk.