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From: matsubar@csli.stanford.edu (Hitoshi Matsubara)
Subject: Computer Shogi Championship in Japan
Message-ID: <1993Jul28.172223.1438@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: matsubar@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Hitoshi Matsubara)
Organization: CSLI, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 17:22:23 GMT
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The following is the announcement of the Fourth (1993) Computer
Shogi Championship Tournament. Shogi is Japanese chess. A noticeable 
difference between Shogi and western chess is that in Shogi a player 
can reuse pieces which he captured from his opponent. A branching
factor in the end game of Shogi is usually over 100, sometimes over
300. The search space of Shogi is over 200th power of 10 (that of
chess is about 120th power of 10). So brute-force approach cannot be
applied.

If you are interested, please contact Prof.Takizawa or me. 

Hitoshi Matsubara
CSLI, Stanford University
matsubar@csli.stanford.edu

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    This is to announce the 1993 Computer Shogi Championship.
    The Fourth (1993) Computer Shogi Championship sponsored by the CSA
(Computer Shogi Association) in cooperation with the Nihon Shogi Remmei
will be held on Sunday, December 5, 1993, at the Nihon Shogi Remmei,
Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan.  Anyone may take part in the tournament.
    If you would like to enter your program in the tournament, please come
to the Nihon Shogi Remmei before 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 5, 1993, with
your program or send the program on a floppy disk to the Nihon Shogi Remmei.

Rules :
  (1) The program must be made by the entrant.
  (2) Only one program per person may be accepted.
  (3) If you cannot come with your machine, please let us know.
      IBM compatibles, Apple Macintoshes and NEC 9800's will be available,
      but they are relatively slower machines.
  (4) Please pay an entry fee of 1,000 yen on the day of the tournament.
  (5) If you have any questions, please send e-mail to me,

      takizawa@cfi.waseda.ac.jp

      or contact Mr. Sumi of the Nihon Shogi Remmei,

      phone : +81-3-3408-6161
      fax   : +81-3-3404-7301
    address : Nihon Shogi Remmei (Attn. Mr. Sumi)
              2-39-9 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151, JAPAN.

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