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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>UEC Cup winners and runners-up </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Time</th><th>Winner</th><th>Runner-up</th></tr><tr><td>1st</td><td>1–2 December 2007</td><td><a href="/facts/Crazy_Stone_(software)/9cvGuaRR">Crazy Stone</a></td><td>Katsunari</td></tr><tr><td>2nd</td><td>13–14 December 2008</td><td>Crazy Stone</td><td>不動碁</td></tr><tr><td>3rd</td><td>28–29 November 2009</td><td>KCC Go</td><td>Katsunari</td></tr><tr><td>4th</td><td>27–28 November 2010</td><td>Fuego</td><td><a href="/facts/Zen_(software)/MSep40uB">Zen</a></td></tr><tr><td>5th</td><td>3–4 December 2011</td><td>Zen</td><td>Erica</td></tr><tr><td>6th</td><td>16–17 March 2013</td><td>Crazy Stone</td><td>Zen</td></tr><tr><td>7th</td><td>15–16 March 2014</td><td>Zen</td><td>Crazy Stone</td></tr><tr><td>8th</td><td>14–15 March 2015</td><td>Crazy Stone</td><td>DolBaram</td></tr><tr><td>9th</td><td>19–20 March 2016<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td>Zen<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Darkforest/wBRqyquj">darkforest</a></td></tr><tr><td>10th</td><td>18–19 March 2017</td><td><a href="/facts/Fine_Art_(software)/jg0rEpAk">Fine Art</a></td><td>DeepZenGo</td></tr><tr><td>11th</td><td>14–15 December 2019</td><td>Golaxy</td><td>AQZ</td></tr><tr><td>12th<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>20-21 March 2021</td><td>VisionGo<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td>Ranka Go</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Exhibition games against professional Go players </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Position</th><th>Program</th><th>Handicap</th><th>Professional player</th><th>Result</th></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>Winner</td><td>Crazy Stone</td><td>7 stones</td><td><a href="/facts/Kaori_Aoba/Nqo1rJI1">Kaori Aoba</a> (4p)</td><td>Crazy Stone won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>3rd place</td><td>Zen</td><td>6 stones</td><td>Kaori Aoba (4p)</td><td>Kaori Aoba won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>KCC Go</td><td>6 stones</td><td>鄭銘瑝 (9p)</td><td>鄭 won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>Zen</td><td>6 stones</td><td>Kaori Aoba (4p)</td><td>Zen won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>Fuego</td><td>6 stones</td><td>鄭銘瑝 (9p)</td><td>鄭 won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>Erica</td><td>6 stones</td><td>Chizu Kobayashi (5p)</td><td>Chizu Kobayashi won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>Zen</td><td>6 stones</td><td>鄭銘瑝 (9p)</td><td>Zen won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>Zen</td><td>4 stones</td><td><a href="/facts/Yoshio_Ishida/GH67gxkg">Yoshio Ishida</a> (9p)</td><td>Yoshio Ishida won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>Crazy Stone</td><td>4 stones</td><td>Yoshio Ishida</td><td>Crazy Stone won by 2.5 points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>Crazy Stone</td><td>4 stones</td><td><a href="/facts/Norimoto_Yoda/FefMM5an">Norimoto Yoda</a> (9p)</td><td>Crazy Stone won by 2.5 points</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>Zen</td><td>4 stones</td><td>Norimoto Yoda</td><td>Norimoto Yoda won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>DolBaram</td><td>4 stones</td><td><a href="/facts/Cho_Chikun/EaGGasXH">Cho Chikun</a> (9p)</td><td>DolBaram won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>Crazy Stone</td><td>3 stones</td><td>Cho Chikun</td><td>Cho Chikun won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>darkforest</td><td>3 stones</td><td><a href="/facts/Koichi_Kobayashi/VYNW4ewe">Koichi Kobayashi</a> (9p)</td><td>Koichi Kobayashi won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>Zen</td><td>3 stones</td><td>Koichi Kobayashi</td><td>Zen won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td>2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td>Runner-up</td><td>DeepZenGo</td><td>even</td><td><a href="/facts/Ichiriki_Ryo/SpP2UgAe">Ichiriki Ryo</a> (7p)</td><td>DeepZenGo won by resignation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Winner</td><td>Fine Art</td><td>even</td><td>Ichiriki Ryo</td><td>Fine Art won by resignation</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/eng/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.computer-go.jp/uec/public_html/index.shtml">2017 UEC Cup</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Mysterious Game of Go". HMH in the News. June 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016. <a href="http://hmhinthenews.com/the-mysterious-game-of-go/" target="_blank">http://hmhinthenews.com/the-mysterious-game-of-go/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Outline". The Tenth UEC Cup Computer Go. Retrieved 5 April 2017. <a href="http://www.computer-go.jp/uec/public_html/eng/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.computer-go.jp/uec/public_html/eng/index.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"AI 竜星戦 2017" (in Japanese). igoshogi.net. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017. <a href="http://www.igoshogi.net/ai_ryusei/01/committee.html" target="_blank">http://www.igoshogi.net/ai_ryusei/01/committee.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"31 computer programs face off at int'l go board game contest in Tokyo". Kyodo News. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. 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