The First CGF Computer Go Tournament: First Results

[Martin Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxxxx>]

The First CGF Computer Go Tournament was held in Tsukuba, Japan  on July
23-24, 1999. It just finished 2 hours ago.
There were 28 participants, including all the top programs. 15 Japanese, 13
foreign entries. 9 rounds, 'modified Swiss' system.

1. Go4++,  M. Reiss, 8 wins 1 loss (to Haruka)
2. Haruka, R. Kawa
3. Goemate, Z. Chen
4. FunGo, Y. Park
5. Wulu, X. Lei et al. all 7 wins 2 losses

Congratulations to the Winners, especially to Michael who finally won a big
tournament after so many second and third places.
Haruka is a very strong program. It's not new, it is being sold in Japan as
'Igo Ichiban', but it's the first time it has participated in a tournament.
It was leading the tournament 7:0 after beating Go4++ and Goemate, but
stumbled in the last two rounds against Wulu and FunGo.

More on Monday. Complete results will be posted later on the CGF page.

	Martin

P.S. My own program Explorer finished 12. with 5:4.