Past Computer Go Events
 |
Event |
Date |
Place |
Entrants* |
Winner |
 |
KGS test tournament: 9x9 |
2005 March 6th |
KGS |
(7) |
GNU Go |
 |
Gifu Challenge 2004 |
2004, Oct 2nd-3rd |
Ogaki City, Japan |
13 |
KCC Igo |
 |
European Go Congress |
2004 Aug 4 |
Tuchola, Poland |
2 |
TSGO |
 |
9th Computer Olympiad |
2004, July 4th-8th |
Ramat-Gan, Israel |
5 (9) |
Go Intellect |
 |
CGF special meeting |
2004 Jan 10-11 |
Tokyo, Japan |
9 |
GNU Go |
 |
8th Computer Olympiad
also 9x9 |
2003 Nov 23-27 |
Graz, Austria |
11 |
GNU Go |
 |
Gifu Challenge 2003 |
2003 Aug 2-3 |
Ogaki City, Japan |
17 |
KCC Igo |
 |
21st Century Cup |
2002 Jul 27-28 |
Edmonton, Canada |
14 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
7th Computer Olympiad
also 9x9 |
2002 July 6-11 |
Maastricht, Netherlands |
5 (4) |
Go4++ |
 |
Mertin's private 13x13 tournament |
2002 Sep-Dec |
Osnabrück, Germany |
[22] |
HandTalk |
 |
CGF Special Meeting
| 2001 Aug 25-26 |
Tokyo, Japan |
6 |
Haruka |
 |
6th Computer Olympiad |
2001 Aug 18-23 |
Maastricht, Netherlands |
0 |
( did not include Go ) |
 |
Guiyang International Go Festival |
2001 |
Guiyang, China |
3 |
Wulu |
 |
European Go Congress |
2001 Aug 1 |
Dublin, Ireland |
7 |
GoAhead |
 |
21st Century Cup |
2001 |
York, Pennsylvania, US |
12 |
Go4++ |
 |
Garosu Cup
| 2001 |
Seoul, South Korea |
18 |
GoeMate |
 |
Ing Cup
|
2000 Nov 5-6 |
Guiyang, China |
14 |
Wulu |
 |
5th computer Olympiad (Mind Sports Olympiad) |
2000 Aug 21-22 |
London, UK |
6 |
GoeMate (a rewritten version of HandTalk) |
 |
US Go Congress |
2000 |
Denver, Colorado, US |
3 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
European Go Congress |
2000 Aug 9 |
Strausberg, near Berlin, Germany |
5 |
GoAhead |
 |
FJK Cup |
2000 Jun 1-2 |
Japan |
8 |
Haruka |
 |
Ing Cup |
1999 |
Shanghai, China |
16 |
Go4++ |
 |
US Computer Go Championship |
1999 Aug 1-2 |
San Francisco, California, US |
4 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
FOST Cup
another link |
1999 Sep 3-4 |
Tokyo, Japan |
16 |
KCC Igo |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1999 |
Podbanske, Slovakia |
4 |
TurboGo |
 |
CGF Cup |
1999 Jul 23-24 |
Tsukuba, Japan |
28 |
Go4++ |
 |
Ing Cup |
1998 Nov 21-22 |
London, UK |
17 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
FOST Cup |
1998 Aug 13-14 |
Tokyo, Japan |
19 |
Silver Igo |
 |
North American Computer Go Championship |
1998 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US |
3 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
Ing Cup |
1997 Nov 11-12 |
San Francisco, California, US |
10 |
HandTalk |
 |
FOST Cup |
1997 Aug 27-28 |
Nagoya, Japan |
40 |
HandTalk |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1997 |
Marseille, France |
6 |
Star of Poland |
 |
North American Computer Go Championship |
1997 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US |
6 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
Ing Cup |
1996 Nov 16-17 |
Guangzhou, China |
12 |
HandTalk |
 |
FOST Cup |
1996 Sep 12-13 |
Tokyo, Japan |
19 |
HandTalk |
 |
North American Computer Go Championship |
1996 |
John Carroll University, Ohio, US |
5 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
Ing Cup |
1995 Nov 4-5 |
Seoul, South Korea |
10 |
HandTalk |
 |
1st FOST Cup |
1995 Sep 29-30 |
Tokyo, Japan |
14 |
HandTalk |
 |
North American Computer Go Championship |
1995 |
Seattle, Washington, US |
5 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1995 |
Tuchola, Poland |
6 |
Star of Poland |
 |
Ing Cup |
1994 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
9 |
Go Intellect |
 |
US Computer Go Championship |
1994 |
Washington, DC, US |
4 |
Go Intellect |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1994 |
Maastricht, Netherlands |
7 |
Star of Poland |
 |
Ing Cup |
1993 |
Chendu, China |
13 |
HandTalk |
 |
US Computer Go Championship |
1993 |
Holyoak, Mass., US |
7 |
Stone |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1993 |
Prague, Czechoslovakia |
6 |
ProGo |
 |
Ing Cup |
1992 Nov 11-12 |
Tokyo, Japan |
10 |
Go Intellect |
 |
US Computer Go Championship |
1992 Aug 2,3,4 |
Salem, Oregon, US |
7 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1992 |
Canterbury, UK |
7 |
Go 4.3 ancestor of Go4++ |
 |
4th Computer Olympiad
also 9x9 |
1992 Aug 5-11 |
London, UK |
4+ (3+) |
Go Intellect |
 |
Ing Cup |
1991 |
Singapore |
15 |
Goliath |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1991 |
Namur, Belgium |
7 |
Goliath |
 |
North American Computer Go Championship |
1991 |
Rochester, New York, US |
6 |
Many Faces of Go |
 |
3rd Computer Olympiad
also 9x9 |
1991 Aug 22-25 |
Maastricht, Netherlands |
3+ (3+) |
Goliath |
 |
ICOT |
1991 |
Tokyo, Japan |
8 |
Go Intellect |
 |
US Computer Go Championship |
1990 |
Denver, Colorado, US |
7 |
Go Intellect (Goliath won all its games, but as it was European it did not qualify for a prize) |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1990 Aug 2-3 |
Vienna |
7 |
Star of Poland |
 |
Ing Cup |
1990 |
Beijing, China |
10 |
Goliath |
 |
2nd Computer Olympiad
also 9x9 |
1990 Aug 15-21 |
London, UK |
3 (3) |
Go Intellect |
 |
Ars Electronica |
1990 |
Linz, Austria |
2 |
Swiss Explorer |
 |
US Computer Go Championship |
1989 |
Rutgers University, New Jersey, US |
10 |
Go Intellect |
 |
Ing Cup |
1989 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
14 |
Goliath |
 |
1st Computer Olympiad
also 9x9 |
1989 Aug 9-15 |
London, UK |
10 (10) |
Swiss Explorer on 9x9 board: Dragon |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1989 |
Nis, Yugoslavia |
6 |
Goliath |
 |
Ing Cup |
1988 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
16 (14) |
Codan on 9x9 board: Dragon 3.0 |
 |
European Computer Go Championship |
1988 |
Hamburg, Germany |
10 |
Goliath |
 |
1st US Computer Go Championship
also 9x9 |
1988 |
Berkeley, California |
10 (10) |
Cosmos (ancestor of Many Faces of Go) |
 |
Usenix |
1988 |
? |
5 |
G2 (Later known as Cosmos, and as Many Faces of Go |
 |
1st European Computer Go Championship |
1987 |
Grenoble, France |
7 (7) |
Star of Poland on 9x9 board: Go 3.0 |
 |
Ing Cup |
1987 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
18 (17) |
Friday on 9x9 board: Nemesis |
 |
Usenix |
1987 |
? |
3 |
Golem |
 |
Ing Cup (then known as World Computer Go Championship) |
1986 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
10 (3+) |
a program by Du Kwei-Chung |
 |
Usenix |
1986 |
? |
2+ |
Og |
 |
Usenix |
1985 Jun 12 |
Portland, Oregon, US |
5 |
oog |
 |
Ing Cup (then known as World Computer Go Championship) |
1985 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
(8) |
Friday (Dragon?) |
 |
Usenix |
1984 Jun 16 |
Salt Lake City, US |
4 |
Nemesis |
 |
Acornsoft |
1984 Jan 7-8 |
London, UK |
[8] |
a program by Przybyla |
| * Key to the "entrants" column: |
| | ( ) | 9x9 event |
| [ ] | 13x13 event |
| + | lower bound, exact number not known |
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