/ The Morning News/August 16, 2022 Guangzhou -- I don't have an appointment at midnight.
The ancients were so lonely because their chess friends were absent. Now, with mobile phones, mountains and oceans are far away, but also across the space to play chess. This kind of virtual communication across time and space can kill a large area of boring time, so that people's spirit enriched.
With the progress of The Times, the demands of chess players are also rising. They are no longer satisfied with playing chess in the space. After all, playing chess in the space is still a mere scratch, which cannot replace the custom and interest of face-to-face conversation.
Say what, there is, this is the magic of the Internet age. A group of software engineers in Qingdao have designed a chess robot that mimics a real person. It can sit opposite you and play chess with you.
This robot is built on the basis of chess software, the level of chess software, as early as in the 1990s, it was declared that it could beat human beings. In 1997, the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in his peak state was defeated by the "Deep Blue" computer developed by IBM Company; In 2006, Xu Yinchuan, the "first chess player", was overpowered by Inspur Group's "Inspur Tiansot" software. Even the so-called most complex human game Go was conquered by artificial intelligence. In 2017, Ke Jie, the first Chinese chess player in the world, lost 0-3 to Alphago developed by Google. Accept the burden again.
Artificial intelligence has taken over humanity technologically? More than 30 years have passed, and human beings have gone from being frightened and lost to being calm and calm. Facing the reality, artificial intelligence can eventually serve human chess players. Moreover, from that era, the ultimate teacher of human chess players is artificial intelligence. Professional chess players make use of disassembling changes to improve their chess skills.
This is a gesture of reconciliation between human beings and artificial intelligence. Both sides communicate and have unprecedented positive interaction.
The Qingdao engineers developed the chess robot named "Evolution", after years of progress and evolution, the core technology is not chess technology, but to emphasize the emotion and fun of playing with people, which is perhaps the greatest scientific value of artificial intelligence to serve human beings.In July 2022, "Evolution" began to be released in bulk, popular with chess fans. In the meantime, a chess tournament centering on the Breakout is in the works.
At the end of this year, the "Evolutor Cup" 2022 National Chess Robot Challenge will be held in Qingdao. The competition is organized by the Chinese Chess Association and Qingdao Evolutor Little Fat Robot Technology Co., LTD., and named by Qingdao Evolutor Little Fat Robot Technology Co., LTD.
The matches are man-machine battles, divided into groups of teenagers and adults, and the players' opponents are all Level 9 "Evolutor" robots. The age of the youth group is from 4 to 18 years old, and the age of the adult group is from 19 to 60 years old. The youth group has 10 qualified players selected by Qingdao Evolution Company. The adult group has 20 players selected by Qingdao Evolution Company, 10 players selected by the company, and the other 10 are invited. Five men, five women.
Competition level, it can be said that the sequence, Wang Tianyi, Zheng Weitong, Meng Chen, Xu Yinchuan, Jiang Chuan will be invited in the list of flowers, "six crown king" Xu Yinchuan free rivers and rivers, hidden seal knife, if the competition out of the mountain, and will be a big focus. The women's chess players are led by Tang Dan, the "nine-champion", Wang Linna, Zuo Wenjing, Wu Kexin and Chen Xinglin. The all-star team is luxurious and enviable.
Youth group adopts three-game single-player challenge system, that is, players play three games against a chess robot, and the game time is 45 minutes for each game. Adult group adopts one-game five-machine challenge system, that is, each player plays one game against five chess robots at the same time, and the game time is 240 minutes for both sides.
The prize money of the competition is very high. The winner of the youth group has a prize of 40,000 yuan, one master edition and one Talisman robot, the runner-up has a prize of 20,000 yuan, one Master edition and one Talisman robot, and the third runner-up has a prize of 15,000 yuan, one Master edition and one Talisman robot. The prize for the champion of adult group is 500,000 yuan, 1 Master Edition and 1 Talisman robot, the runner-up is 50,000 yuan, 1 Master Edition and 1 Talisman robot, and the third runner-up is 50,000 yuan, 1 Master Edition and 1 Talisman robot."Before dinner, an appetizer" to prepare for the challenge, and the 2022 Breakout Chess Robot of the Year qualifying tournament will begin on August 15th and run through December 15th. In the competition, the youth group can challenge the robot to choose from levels 1 to 9, while the adult group has higher requirements. In the three games, the first and third players lead and go first, and the second players lead and go second. The competition will take place at level 1-8, with a total length of 90 minutes for the three games, and at Level 9, with a total length of 75 minutes for the players in the three games. The ranking of the qualifying competition is based on the highest scores of the players in history. The ranking of contestants depends on the competition index. In the same level, the higher the score, the shorter the time, the higher the ranking. Each level of competition results ranking, in the small program can be real-time view.
The total reward for the qualifying round is about 1.5 million yuan. The top 10 winners in the youth group from level 1-8 will receive generous prizes. The champions in the adult group from level 3-8 will also receive generous prizes, including smart version, master version and privileged version of robot. The top 10 players of Level 9 in both groups will advance to the Chess Robot Challenge and share the event with the chess players.
< /p>This is a happy moment for hundreds of millions of chess fans. All of you, regardless of whether you are a young and elderly person, are chess lovers. You will have the opportunity to show your talents.
