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(Message started by: omar on Dec 14^th, 2008, 10:24am)

Title: David Fotland's Go program wins World Championship
Post by omar on Dec 14^th, 2008, 10:24am

I just found out that David Fotland's Go program (Many Faces of Go) has won the 2008 World Computer Go Champion for 19x19 and 9x9 boards.

For those who might not know David Fotland is also the developer of the Arimaa program called Bomb which has won all of the previous computer championship tournaments.

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

Title: Re: David Fotland's Go program wins World Champion
Post by 99of9 on Dec 15^th, 2008, 5:37am

Congrats David, that's a very impressive achievement.

Title: Re: David Fotland's Go program wins World Champion
Post by chessandgo on Dec 15^th, 2008, 7:36am

This is absolutely awesome; congratulations to David Fotland. Especially after Mogo had a well-publicised 9-stones handicap victory over a strong pro. I wish a similar feat to Many Faces of Go :)

Title: Re: David Fotland's Go program wins World Champion
Post by RonWeasley on Dec 15^th, 2008, 1:35pm

Wow! Such a feat is almost magical!