Computers reach 6d on KGS

[Uberdude]

On KGS Hideki (distributed Zen programmer) said Zen was due to play Ichiriki Ryo on 6th Feb. Does anyone have any news on that?

[pookpooi]

Do you mean this?
2016-02-07 Atsushi Ida 8p Zen 19×19 4 stones 0-1
SGF Event sponsored by the Nihon Ki-in Zen ran on a dual Xeon E5-2687W v3 server, 2×12 3.1 GHz cores, as used by Zen19X on KGS.

Time limits were 30 minutes + 30 seconds byoyom

[Uberdude]

Do you mean this?
2016-02-07 Atsushi Ida 8p Zen 19×19 4 stones 0-1
SGF Event sponsored by the Nihon Ki-in Zen ran on a dual Xeon E5-2687W v3 server, 2×12 3.1 GHz cores, as used by Zen19X on KGS.

Time limits were 30 minutes + 30 seconds byoyom

Yes, that's it, thanks! I got my young Japanese pros beginning with 'I' mixed up. Given Zen19X's performance on KGS recently I thought 4 stones would be too much for it. Where did you get that information, is the "SGF" text a link to the game record?

[Uberdude]

Where did you get that information, is the "SGF" text a link to the game record?

Google is my friend:

http://www.computer-go.info/h-c/ (but the SGF link there is broken Edit: emailed Nick the webmaster and he fixed it)

[Uberdude]

I had a quick look through the game and it seemed pretty dull and unimpressive, none of the sharp attacking play Zen19X showed on KGS. Part of that might be because Ida played simply without overplays that could be punished, but it seems more like the handicap was too much and Zen just played making enough concessions to still win.