Results of 1991 North American Computer Go Tournament, held at the 1991
Go Congress in Rochester, New York.
1st: Many Faces of Go, By David Fotland
2nd: Go Intellect, by Ken Chen
3rd: Stone, by Kao
4th: Contender, by Lynn Beus and Jim Logan
5th: Nemesis, by Bruce Wilcox
6th: Swiss Explorer, by Martin Mueller and Anders Kierulf
Swiss Explorer forfeited two games, to Many faces and Nemesis, because it
was late and missed two rounds. Swiss explorer lost to Contender due to
an unrecoverable crash, but Contender was ahead at the time.
Nemesis lost two games, to Contender and Stone, due to unrecoverable crashes.
Nemesis was ahead in the game against Contender, and about even with Stone
when it crashed. Stone is a rewrite of a program that has done well in
Taiwan in the past. Swiss Explorer was rewritten for this year.
The game between Many Faces and Go Intellect was exciting - both programs
killed large enemy groups, and the score swung over 100 points each way in
the middle game, then the programs left a very large ko on the board until
the last dame was filled. Many Faces beat Stone by about 20 points and
Nemesis and Contender by about 140 points each.
Con Exp MFGO INT NEMESIS Stone Wins Place
Contender x 1C 0 0 1C 0 2 4th
Explorer 0C x 0F 0 0F 0 0 6th
Many Faces 1 1F x 1 1 1 5 1st
Intellect 1 1 0 x 1 1 4 2nd
NEMESIS 0C 1F 0 0 x 0C 1 5th
Stone 1 1 0 0 1C x 3 3rd
-David Fotland (3 Dan, author of Many Faces of Go)