The Shonan Hiratsuka Go Festival

⌛Time it takes to read this article: < 1 minutesThe 20th Shonan Hiratsuka Go Festival will be held on the following dates and times: ★Date and Time: Sunday, October 11, 2015, 1:00-3:30pm (1,000-sided competitions, etc.) ★Venue: Shonan Star Mall (Tokaido Hondori) In normal years, 1,000-sided competitions were held with 500 times, but this year, it seems that 1,000-sided competitions will be held at once. The venue was not the usual Pearl Road, but the former Tokaido Street. If you are planning to go to this event and visit Labyrinth the night before the event, we will offer you a special fee as follows: ☆Special menu for Go fans Unlimited time all-you-can-drink course... 4,000 yen → 1 drink of your choice (beer, etc.) + all-you-can-drink shochu-based drink (such as Oolong Cup). There are three Go boards at the shop, so please feel free to use it. *The following photos show from last year. ...We received a sign for the colored paper from Xie Yi-Bun (female Kisei/Master). *The shop offers the following Go sets: 2020.04.05 Addendum Below is a link to the site introducing the Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival that I created a long time ago. Welcome to the Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival!

VS Zenith 4

⌛Time it takes to read this article: < 1 minutesTo kill time, I played a game of Go software Zencho 4 (5-dan/15 seconds mode) with both players winning white. There were some questionable moves since both teams started for a short time, but it was a deadly battle from beginning to end. While White's group on the top side was killed, Black's large stones on the right and bottom sides were wiped out, resulting in Black surrendering and White winning the battle, but it was a close battle where White could have been defeated. Even so, Mr. Zencho's style of play is too intense, so I can't relax and get tired (__;) 《Time consumed》 ○Black: Zencho 4 – 20 minutes 33 seconds ●White: Senri – 14 minutes 21 seconds Game record ⇒ VS Zencho 4

Revenge on The Silver Star, a Go software made in North Korea

⌛Time it takes to read this article: < 1 minutesThis is a rematch with the North Korean-made Go software ``Ginsei 14,'' which we narrowly lost to last time. This time, I played black and we played evenly. The result was a victory for Black. I think this was one game where the fragility of computer Go came out. Click here for the game record ⇒ Game record [Move split] Mutual game, Black 6 and a half out [Time consumed] Black: 15 minutes 19 seconds... 5D Senri White: 19 minutes 06 seconds... 6D Silver Star 14 (Force type/Consideration time: 15 seconds per move + Opponent's consideration time) [Machine Spec] Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64×2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ 2.6GHz RAM: 6.00GB Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit)

Lost to Go software made in North Korea

⌛Time it takes to read this article: < 1 minutesLast night, in my free time, I played Go against the CPU for the first time in a while. This is a match against the mysterious Go software ``Ginsei 14,'' whose thinking engine is said to have been developed in North Korea. The Silver Star series is sold by the Japanese company "Silver Star Japan". Ginsei 14's shogi ability is 6th Dan amateur. The latest version, 15, seems to have just over 6 stages. North Korea's IT technology cannot be underestimated. Incidentally, the reason why Go software has become so powerful in recent years is because the theory of the Monte Carlo method used in quantum mechanics was incorporated into the Go software's thinking engine. As a result, I made a big mistake in the early stages, and I won the black number 1 and a half with 14 silver stars. (__;) I'm shocked that I lost to the 15 second mode. If you try to match the pace of the CPU's thinking time, you will be defeated. (T.T) Game record playback (with a little explanation) [Move split] Mutual game, Black 6 and a half out [Time consumed] Black: 25 minutes 24 seconds... 6D Silver Star 14 (Force type/Consideration time: 15 seconds per move + opponent's consideration time) White: 34 minutes 39 seconds... 5D Senri [Machine Spec] Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64×2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ 2.6GHz RAM: 6.00GB Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit)