Computer Go

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