Computer Defeats Human At Japanese Chess

Calopteryx writes "A computer has beaten a human at shogi, otherwise known as Japanese chess, for the first time. As New Scientist reports, computers have beaten humans at western chess before, but that game is relatively simple, with only about 10^123 possible games existing that can be played out. Shogi is a *bit* more complex, offering about 10^224 possible games."

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Re:*yawn*. Call me when we lose at Go.

[Anonymous Coward]

soooo irritating whenever a go player brings this up.

Go only wins through brute force.
go is 19x19
shogi is 9x9
chess is 8x8

If a game like shogi or chess was extended to 19x19 it would be vastly harder for a computer.

Computers playing Go on 9x9 have beaten 9th dan.
And if it was 8x8 it would be even easier.

What makes Go hard isn't anything particularly neat about the game.
Is just a boring brute force exercise.