In June 2012, the Nihon Ki-in made a five-year agreement regarding the advancement of computer Go with the University of Electro-Communications (national university) and decided to hold official regular competitions (Densei-sen) between professional players and computer Go programs and measure the level of computer Go programs. This event is the fifth competition of the project based on this collaboration.

News
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The web site has opened
Professional player and place are decided
Live broad cast (English version) information
Computer Go programs are decided
The Results are released as follows
Results

5th Densei-sen was finished with two consecutive victories on the computer side. (2017.3.27)

1st game: Ryo Ichiriki 7d(B) vs. DeepZenGo (W)   /DeepZenGo win by resign (162 moves)



2nd game: Ryo Ichiriki 7d(W) vs. Fine Art(B)  /Fine Art win by resign (157 moves) 
Outline
Date
Sunday, March 26, 2016
Place
BELLSALLE Iidabashi First (Tōkyō-to, Bunkyō-ku, Kōraku, 2 Chome−6−1)
Professional Player
Ryo Ichiriki (RYUSEI, 7d, Nihon-Kiin)
Handicaps
No handicap
Match(To be decided)
 
First
Ryo Ichiriki vs. DeepZenGo (Vice-Champion of the 10th UEC Cup Computer Go Tournament)
Second
Ryo Ichiriki vs. Fine Art (Champion of the 10th UEC Cup Computer Go Tournament)
Organizer
The University of Electro-Communications, Cognitive Science and Entertainment (E&C) Research Station
Supporter
IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL INC.
Sponsor
The Nihon Ki-in(To be Confirmed) , The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence(To be Confirmed),The University of Electro-Communications, Artificial Intelligence eXploration Research Center