Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd!decwrl!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!wilcox From: wilcox@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.go Subject: NEMESIS enters human Go tournament Message-ID: <1751@inmet.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Sep-84 00:35:23 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.1751 Posted: Wed Sep 12 00:35:23 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Sep-84 03:52:49 EDT Lines: 40 Nf-ID: #N:inmet:20600013:000:1799 Nf-From: inmet!wilcox Sep 3 21:22:00 1984 Computer Competes with Humans at Go Tournament For the first time in history, a computer program has played in a human Go tournament. NEMESIS, the program, was entered into the U.S. Eastern Championships held on September 1st and 2nd, 1984. Playing at a rating of 20 kyu, the program succeeded in holding its own. NEMESIS is now an officially rated member of the American Go Association. NEMESIS was run on an IBM-PC. A full-sized go board was used, with the moves relayed by a human intermediary to and from the computer. All games were played with appropriate handicaps and 5.5 points of komi for even games. Eight games were played with the following results: NEMESIS' overall score: 3 wins 5 losses. Opponent Rating Handicap Result Points Turn Comments __________________________________________________________________ Rusher 16 kyu 4 stones loses 6 257 Frederick 10 kyu 10 stones wins 6 214 Gjessing 20 kyu Black loses ~100 288 resignation Snell 20 kyu Black wins 52.5 236 Sivel 20 kyu White loses .5 271 Engelstein 13 kyu 7 stones wins ~100 156 resignation Jessing 19 kyu White wins 22.5 254 even game Kurtz 15 kyu 5 stones wins 6 243 NEMESIS is expected to enter next year's U.S. Eastern Tournament with a rating between 15 kyu and 10 kyu. NEMESIS is a commercially available program written in 'C' by Bruce Wilcox. Questions regarding availability on machines of 16 bit or greater addressing capability should be addressed to: Bruce Wilcox 34 Oak Street Lexington, Ma. 02173 617-863-1454.