Announcement of the 31st World Computer Shogi Championship

It is our pleasure to announce that the 31st World Computer Shogi Championship will be held in Japan in May 2021.  Please note that some rules have changed.

Takenobu Takizawa
(Chair of the Computer Shogi Association (CSA))
Hiroshi Yamashita
(Director of the Computer Shogi Association & Director of the World Computer Shogi Championship)
Kentaro Kayama
(Director of the Computer Shogi Association)

The 31st World Computer Shogi Championship

Competition Dates
May 3-5, 2021

Competition Venue
Kawasaki-Shi Sangyo Shinko Kaikan
(Kawasaki Industrial Promotion Hall)
66-20 Horikawa-Cho, Saiwai-Ku, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, 212-0013, Japan
Phone: 044-548-4111 Fax: 044-548-4110
(+81-44-548-4111) (+81-44-548-4110)
https://kawasaki-sanshinkaikan.jp/en.html

Registration Deadline
January 31, 2021

Eligibility
Open to anyone of any nationality. Only originally produced programs may be entered. Furthermore, only one program from each development team may enter the tournament. Each development team must disclose all the primary developers' first and last names and the entrant representative's first and last name.  

Remarks.  The entrant may use others' modules/data when the other person(s) has/have made and explicitly or implicitly permitted the use of their modules/data at the championship, whether the modules have been published or not.  The entrant may use others' learning routines, others' data for supervised learning, and data for supervised learning generated by others'
modules.  If the entrant used others' modules and/or data for supervised learning generated by others' modules, and thinks the modules or the data directly exerted a big influence on the moves, the entrant must describe in an easy-to-understand manner what the entrant used and how.

Any computer may be used.
Competitors are strongly urged to bring their own computer.
The CSA may provide an IBM compatible, but it may be a relatively slow machine.
The rules of the tournament are on the CSA homepage
(http://www2.computer-shogi.org/index_e.html).

Application
Access the following URI to register your ID:

https://www.apply.computer-shogi.org/wcsc31/index-e.html

Then proceed with the application.

Questions

If you have any questions about the championship, please send an email to the following address:  apply<at-sign>computer-shogi.org

Application Fee
10,000 yen

Please transfer the fee to the following bank account by cable:

Mizuho Bank, Machida Branch, Tokyo, Japan (Ordinary Account)
Account Number: 2117839
Account Name: The Computer Shogi Association

Payment in cash will also be accepted at the tournament.

The rules and regulations of the Computer Shogi Championship are available in both Japanese and English. In all questions of interpretation, the Japanese version shall be regarded as authoritative.

January 23, 2012

World Computer Shogi Championship Policies

Computer Shogi Association

These are the policies of the World Computer Shogi Championships (WCSCs), hosted by the Computer Shogi Association (CSA).

1. The WCSCs are held for the purpose of deciding the strongest computer shogi program at the time, under conditions of fair and impartial operation.

2. The CSA imposes no restrictions on the hardware of any entrant for the WCSCs.  Furthermore, any person may enter the WCSCs without restriction.

3. The CSA encourages interchange among developers at the WCSCs.