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Densei matches

Each year a match between go-playing computer programs is organized by UEC (University of Electro-Communications, Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan). The winner and runner-up programs then play a 9p human professional (with appropriate handicap) under Japanese rules. The time allotted is 30 min, followed by a byo-yomi of 30 sec/move.

1st Densei-sen

The 6th UEC computer go tournament was held 2013-03-16,17. Winner was CrazyStone, runner-up Zen.

date black white handicap result #mv sgf
2013-03-20 Zen Ishida Yoshio 4 W+R 222 sgf
2013-03-20 CrazyStone Ishida Yoshio 4 B+2.5 284 sgf

2nd Densei-sen

The 7th UEC computer go tournament was held 2014-03-15,16. Winner was Zen, runner-up CrazyStone.

date black white handicap result #mv sgf
2014-03-21 CrazyStone Yoda Norimoto 4 B+2.5 250 sgf
2014-03-21 Zen Yoda Norimoto 4 W+R 229 sgf

3rd Densei-sen

The 8th UEC computer go tournament was held 2015-03-14,15. Winner was CrazyStone, runner-up DolBaram.

date black white handicap result #mv sgf
2015-03-17 DolBaram Cho Chikun 4 B+R 250 sgf
2015-03-17 CrazyStone Cho Chikun 3 W+R 185 sgf

4th Densei-sen

The 9th UEC computer go tournament was held 2016-03-19,20. Winner was Zen, runner-up DarkForest.

date black white handicap result #mv sgf
2016-03-23 DarkForest Kobayashi Koichi 3 W+R 231 sgf
2016-03-23 Zen Kobayashi Koichi 3 B+4.5 263 sgf

5th Densei-sen

The 10th UEC computer go tournament was held 2017-03-18,19. Winner was FineArt, runner-up DeepZenGo. Their human opponent was Ichiriki Ryo (7p). No handicap was given. The first game was played with 30 min main time and 30 sec/move byo-yomi. The final game with 60 min main time and 60 sec/move byo-yomi. Ichiriki Ryo lost both games. This was the last edition of the series of Densei-sen matches.

date black white result #mv sgf
2017-03-26 Ichiriki Ryo DeepZenGo W+R 162 sgf
2017-03-26 FineArt Ichiriki Ryo B+R 157 sgf