The 12th World Computer Shogi Championship Participant
List
It is my pleasure to announce that the 12th World Computer
Shogi Champiohship will be held in Japan in May 2002. There will
be sixty two participants at the tournament.
Takenobu Takizawa
Chairman of the Executive Comittee
Chairman of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA)
The 12th World Computer Shogi Championship
Competition Dates:
- May 3-5, 2002
Competition Venue:
- Kazusa
Akademia Center (Kazusa Arc)
- 1637 Yana, Kisarazu-Shi, Chiba 292-0812, Japan
- Phone: 0438-20-5555 Fax: 0438-20-5139
- (+81-438-20-5555) (+81-438-20-5139)
1st day through 2nd day: Preliminary Contest
- The top 3 of the last tournament will be exempted from these
days and proceed directly to the Final.
The Preliminary Contest is divided into two groups. The upper
division will consist of 16 programs (first through 19th seeds
excluding the three direct finalists).
The lower division contest will be held on the 1st day. There
will be 7 Swiss-style games. The top 8 programs will join the
upper division contest. If the number of programs is odd, the
CSA will add an extra program by invitation. The invited program
will not proceed to the second day.
The upper division contest will be held on the 2nd day. There
will be 9 Swiss-style games. The top 5 programs will proceed
to the third day of competition. If the number of programs is,
by chance, odd, the CSA will add an extra program by invitation
but the invited program will not proceed to the third day.
3rd day: The Final
- Round robin of 8 programs with each program playing each
other once.