According to the article of IMPRESS PC Watch (in Japanese), the special matches between Bonanza, shogi computer program, and the two top amateurs were held as the event of releasing Bonanza 2.1 commercial edition on November 18. Bonanza has been a shogi freeware. Due to its winning the World Computer Shogi Championship 2006, the commercial edition was released by MAGNOLIA on November 17, Shogi Day. The release of the commercial version will not quit the freeware version reportedly.
There were two games - Bonanza vs Toru Shimizugami(Ama Ryuoh 2005) and Yukio Kato(Asahi Ama Meijin 2006) vs Bonanza. Both games ended with human victory.
You may replay the 1st game and 2nd game if your browser supports Java runtime.
There are many photos in the article. I am hyper-linking to some of them.
Mr. Kunihito Hoki, the developer of Bonanza
Mr. Toru Shimizugami, Ama Ryuoh 2005
Mr. Yukio Kato, Asahi Ama Meijin 2005
During play between Mr. Shimizugami(left side) and Bonanza(Mr. Hoki)
Commentary show using a big board by Katsumata 5dan(right side) and Fujita Lady 1dan
You can watch the first game video at :
http://broadband.biglobe.ne.jp/sitemap/index_shougi.html
Posted by: Gilles | November 26, 2006 at 05:19 PM
Gilles, Thanks for the info. The site is Japanese one and requires you to input your personal information for registration if you are not yet registered. And registration screen is in Japanese.
Posted by: takodori | November 27, 2006 at 05:15 PM