Takuya Obata, a Japanese computer scientist affiliated with the Department of Computer Science, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo. As Shogi programmer, Takuya Obata is author of Clair 1/128 and 1/128 Rigan, and co-author of Bonanza [1]. Clair 1/128 won the Gold medal in Shogi (5x5), Kanazawa 2010, ahead of runner-up Shokidoki by Harm Geert Muller, while Shokidoki won Gold in Yokohama 2013 ahead of 1/128 Rigan operated by Nakamichi Takashi. Clair 1/128 applies magic bitboards and the Bonanza method of automated tuning [2] [3] [4].
Takuya Obata [5]

Selected Publications

• Takuya Obata, Takuya Sugiyama, Kunihito Hoki, Takeshi Ito (2010). Consultation Algorithm for Computer Shogi: Move Decisions by Majority. CG 2010
• Takuya Sugiyama, Takuya Obata, Kunihito Hoki, Takeshi Ito (2010). Optimistic Selection Rule Better Than Majority Voting System. CG 2010

External Links

• Takuya Obata's ICGA Tournaments

References

1. ^ WCSC20 Participant List by Nobu, SHOGI-L, Shogi Google Group, February 02, 2010
2. ^ Tomoyuki Kaneko, Kunihito Hoki (2011). Analysis of Evaluation-Function Learning by Comparison of Sibling Nodes. Advances in Computer Games 13
3. ^ Kunihito Hoki, Tomoyuki Kaneko (2011). The Global Landscape of Objective Functions for the Optimization of Shogi Piece Values with a Game-Tree Search. Advances in Computer Games 13
4. ^ Clair 1/128's ICGA Tournaments
5. ^ Image clipped from Takeshi Ito (2011). Clair 1/128 wins 5x5 Shogi Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 41
6. ^ dblp: Takuya Obata

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