[computer-go] 9x9

[David Fotland]

The lower level prizes were given for games against Insei, but the top prize
was for play against t top professional.

http://www.smart-games.com/worldcompgo.html

I can't find any official data on-line, but the information in the page
above was copied from the paper rules at the competition.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: computer-go-bounces at computer-go.org [mailto:computer-go-
> bounces at computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Nick Wedd
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:41 AM
> To: computer-go
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] 9x9
> 
> In message <C8B495EA-B04E-48AD-99AC-E1BB498B7374 at ociw.edu>, Christoph
> Birk <birk at ociw.edu> writes
> >
> >On Mar 26, 2008, at 12:32 AM, Olivier Teytaud wrote:
> > ... is room for improvement. But 19x19 is something else, perhaps we
> >>
> >> can have the Dan, but I'm not sure of that in spite of the gentle
> >>words of
> >> Catalin, and I'm sure the current
> >> mogo can't win against a professionnal player in 19x19 whenever we
> >> have the best cluster in the world, and whenever the professionnal
> >>player
> >> is both ill and a bit drunk :-)
> >
> >By reaching 1-dan (amateur) you would have received
> >1 M$ a few year ago from Mr. Ing.
> 
> No, the million-dollar prize was for winning a match against inseis -
> young trainee professionals, about amateur 6-dan.
> 
> Nick
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> Nick Wedd    nick at maproom.co.uk
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