Shogi is a number of orders of magnitude more difficult for computers to evaluate than Western Chess, but a computer named “Akara 2010” recently bested the top rated professional woman player Ichiyo Shimizu.

In 2005, the Japan Shogi Association forbade any of its players to play against a computer in order to delay progress toward just such a goal (and preserve the dignity of the game (i.e. their paychecks)). This match was one of the rare exceptions.

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