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NewsHuman revenge over computer: Cho Chi Kun won his match against Zen (2-1).Cho Chi Kun managed to win his match against the computer "Zen" by 2-1. More info here: (not yet updated with the 3rd game, which is commented here: Meanwhile, I read "Zen" has climbed to nr 1 on KGS.
4th round of the European Team Championship: Belgium - Switzerland 2-2On 22th of November, Belgium (Gerald +, Lucas -, Nelis +, Gabriel -) obtained its 1st point by making a draw against Switzerland. Note the reinforcement by Gerald Westhoff (ex-European top Dutch player, now living in Ghent) and the defeat of Lucas by a tiny 2,5 pts... Detail of the round here: Present standings here: We are in the red zone (with a risk of demotion to the C league), but there are still many rounds to come...
3rd round European Team Championship: Belgium - Italy 1-3On 1st of November, Belgian team (Lucas -, Jan +, Kwinten -, Nelis -) lost...for the 3rd time consecutively :-(. Detail of the round here:
The "Zen" team expects to overcome "Alpha Go" in 2017...and plays legendary Cho Chi Kun in a 3 games-match in November."Zen", the best publicly available software, has made incredible progress the last months (I reported he won a match against German champion Lukas Krämer, 6-d, by 3-1 in September). The objective of its developers is now to beat "Alpha Go" before end 2017 ! Yes, guys ! The team managed to organize a test match of 3 games against the legendary Cho Chi Kun starting just now (end November). Cho is certainly not as strong as he was in the eigties, but he is one of the most prestigious go players. He has won no less than...75 titles ! Please find here more info about this match (in French):
31st Brussels TournamentThe 31st Brussels tournament took place on the weekend of the 29th and 30th October 2016 and gathered 63 players! The winner is Fabien Lips (4d, FR), followed by Lucas Neirynck (5d, BE), Antoine Fenech (5d, FR) and Manuel Frangi (2d, FR). Complete results: http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T161029G
2nd round Europa Team Championship: Belgium - Austria 1-3On 11/10, Belgian team (Lucas lost against Viktor Lin, Kwinten -, Nelis - , Gabriel +) lost against Austria 1-3 :-) Complete results here: Present standings:
1st round European Team Championship 2016-17: Belgium - United Kingdom 1-3Despite reinforcement of the Belgian team by Gerald Westhoff (NL, 6d), an European star of the 90's now living in Belgium, our team lost to UK by 1-3. Played for Belgium: Gerald (lost), Lucas (won), Nelis (lost) and Gabriel (lost, by 1,5 pt). Complete results here: Present standings:
Best publicly available software is now 6-d strenghSince 3 years, a match (of 5 games) has been organized between the strongest commercially available software and a top European amateur player. Up till now the human (Franz-Josef Dickhut, D, 6d) had triumphed against the machine/s ("Crazy Stones" in 2014; "Zen" in 2015), both times by 3-1). But this year, "Zen" beats Lukas Krämer (D, 6d, German champion in 2013, 2014 and 2015) also by 3-1. This is a new milestone in Computer-go because "Zen" (unlike "Alpha Go") is a publicly available go programs running on regular hardware... More info here: https://go.codecentric.de/
Young (16) Chinese amateur star Rundong Yang wins 2016 KPMC (Korean Prime Minister Cup)Young Chinese Rundong Yang wins 2016 KPMC (Korean Prime Minister Cup) Four other players ended with one defeat: Yu-Cheng Lai (7d, TW), Kim Heesoo (7d, insei, KR), and the representatives of Canada and Thaïland (in this order). "Our guy" was this year Gabriel Mercier. Complete results here: http://kpmc.kbaduk.or.kr/eng/result/gameTable.asp
Pandanet New season is coming!Dear Go players, with this message I'm happy to inform you the next season of Pandanet Go European Team Championship will start on 15th of September. If you want to be a member of the Belgian team, please just fill the doodle (with your first name, family name and rank): http://doodle.com/poll/7r3e9ybharg2t65u#table The 12 top ranked participant will be accepted in the team (but qualification can be organised if there is much more than 12 participants). Condition to be a member of the Team: This is a great opportunity to play against other european players (and even pro sometimes) without moving too far ! Please read the infos about the matches before season starts: With great expectations for this year,
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