According to this report on the 2005 Gifu Challenge on Sensei’s Library (by Bob Myers, based on an article in the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper), 3 Go-playing programs have been officially rated by the Nihon Ki-in at the Japanese amateur shodan level. Apparently, at least one other is also at dan-level strength, but is not yet rated by the Nihon Ki-in. Probably the best-known Go playing program in the West with shodan status is the latest version of David Fotland’s Many Faces of Go. David is an American 3-dan
A Japanese professor of AI further predicted that Go software would finally match top pros somewhere between 2030 and 2050.
The Gifu Challenge is an annual Go Software tournament, this year won by a program from North Korea, KCC Igo.
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