UEC Cup

Keywords: Software, Tournament

Computer Go UEC Cup (UEC杯コンピュータ囲碁大会) is an annual tournament for computer go programs held at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan since 2007. Until AlphaGo it was the closest thing to a world computer Go championship, consistently drawing the top programs from around the world. In the modern times top go AI competitions are held in China.

Typically the tournament consists of preliminaries and finals. Preliminaries use Swiss, and finals use knockout system of 16 participants.

The winner in 2013-2017 competitions also played exhibition games against a top professional in the event called Denseisen (電聖戦).

In 2017 the event was discontinued. It was succeeded by AI Ryusei 2017 and 2018. In 2019 UEC Cup was continued.

N	Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Website
11	2019	Golaxy	Globis-AQZ	BaduGI	Natsukaze	Jap Eng
10	2017	Fine Art	Deep Zen Go	Rayn?	AQ	Jap Eng
9	2016	Zen	darkforest	Crazy Stone	Aya	Jap Eng
8	2015	Crazy Stone	DolBaram?	Aya	Nomitan	Jap Eng
7	2014	Zen	Crazy Stone	Aya	HiraBot	Jap Eng
6	2013	Crazy Stone	Zen	Aya	Pachi	Jap Eng
5	2011	Zen	Erica	Aya	Pachi	Jap Eng
4	2010	Fuego	Zen	Erica	Aya	Jap Eng
3	2009	KCC Igo	Katsunari	Zen	Shikousakugo	Jap Eng
2	2008	Crazy Stone	Fudo Go	Many Faces of Go	Katsunari	Jap Eng
1	2007	Crazy Stone	Katsunari	MoGo	Aya	Jap Eng

[edit]

UEC Cup

See also