Go players are banned for one year due to 'use of AI during competition' prohibited at national competitions



Announced that Liu Ruizhi was banned from participating in a one-year pro tournament for using AI prohibited by the tournament rules in one of the games of the 18th Changqi Cup China Professional Go Championship. it was done. Also, the real name account of online Go 'Tencent Go' will be blocked for one year.

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Chinese Go player gets one-year ban for using AI during national competition --Global Times

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/1255011.shtml

This event took place on March 15, 2022 (Tuesday), on the second day of qualifying for the 18th Changqi Cup China Professional Go Championship, in the match between Liu Ruizhi 1st Dan and Yunqi 2nd Dan in Group 8. It has occurred.

Details are unknown, but Liu 1st Dan said that he used 'AI during competition', which is prohibited by the tournament rules. This tournament is being held online due to the influence of the new Corona, and the Organizing Committee requires each player to have a supervisor at the time of the game, but it is also pointed out that the director was inadequate. ..

As a result, the game was won by Yoon 2nd Dan, and Liu 1st Dan was banned from participating in the professional tournament for one year until March 15, 2023.

Liu 1st Dan was born in 1996. I became a professional in 2019 and haven't won a big tournament yet.

The China Professional Go Championship has a long history as a Go tournament and has a large number of participants. This time, 231 people applied and 194 people are competing in the qualifying round. The winner will receive a prize of 450,000 yuan (about 8.4 million yen), and the runner-up will receive a prize of 150,000 yuan (about 2.8 million yen).

In addition, as AI of Go, the existence of 'AlphaGo' that defeated Lee Sedol, who is said to be one of the strongest Go players in the 21st century, is famous. Mr. Lee played a fifth game with AlphaGo in 2016 and lost 1 win and 4 losses, and in 2019 he retired as a Go player saying 'I can not beat AI'.

World Champion defeated by Go AI 'AlphaGo' retires as a Go player saying 'I can't beat AI' --GIGAZINE



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