Elmo shogi engine
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Elmo shogi engine is a highly advanced computer program for playing shogi that was strong enough to serve as a benchmark opponent for DeepMind’s AlphaZero.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elmo shogi engine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1923054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmo shogi engine Context triple: [AlphaZero, defeated, Elmo shogi engine]
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A.
Tromp
Tromp is a Dutch surname most famously associated with the 17th-century admiral Cornelis Tromp and his naval family.
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B.
River Chess
River Chess is a chalk stream in southeast England that flows through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire before joining the River Colne.
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C.
Fritz
Fritz is an individual known primarily as the offspring of Fifi.
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Zobrist
Zobrist is a surname most notably associated with Ben Zobrist, a former Major League Baseball player and World Series MVP.
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E.
AlphaZero
AlphaZero is a DeepMind-developed artificial intelligence system that mastered complex games like chess, shogi, and Go through self-play reinforcement learning without human-crafted strategies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmo shogi engine Target entity description: Elmo shogi engine is a highly advanced computer program for playing shogi that was strong enough to serve as a benchmark opponent for DeepMind’s AlphaZero.
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A.
Tromp
Tromp is a Dutch surname most famously associated with the 17th-century admiral Cornelis Tromp and his naval family.
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B.
River Chess
River Chess is a chalk stream in southeast England that flows through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire before joining the River Colne.
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C.
Fritz
Fritz is an individual known primarily as the offspring of Fifi.
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D.
Zobrist
Zobrist is a surname most notably associated with Ben Zobrist, a former Major League Baseball player and World Series MVP.
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E.
AlphaZero
AlphaZero is a DeepMind-developed artificial intelligence system that mastered complex games like chess, shogi, and Go through self-play reinforcement learning without human-crafted strategies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer program
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game-playing artificial intelligence system ⓘ shogi engine ⓘ |
| AIParadigm | search-based game AI ⓘ |
| basedOn | alpha–beta search ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
AlphaZero (shogi) in DeepMind experiments
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linked to:
AlphaZero
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| competition | computer shogi tournaments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| developer | Makoto Takizawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | board games ⓘ |
| evaluation |
king safety
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material balance ⓘ mobility ⓘ pawn structure ⓘ piece-square tables ⓘ |
| field |
computer game-playing AI
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computer shogi research ⓘ |
| game | shogi ⓘ |
| genre | computer shogi ⓘ |
| hasPart |
book learning module
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evaluation module ⓘ search module ⓘ time management module ⓘ |
| influenced | AlphaZero shogi evaluation of strength ⓘ |
| inspired | subsequent shogi engine development and tuning methods ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | recognized as one of the strongest shogi engines of its time ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being used as a benchmark opponent for DeepMind AlphaZero in shogi
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high playing strength in computer shogi ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
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Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
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| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| roleInAlphaZeroPaper | baseline opponent in shogi experiments ⓘ |
| searchTechnique |
aspiration windows
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iterative deepening ⓘ late move reductions ⓘ move ordering heuristics ⓘ null-move pruning ⓘ quiescence search ⓘ transposition tables ⓘ |
| supportsRuleSet | standard Japanese shogi rules ⓘ |
| usedBy |
DeepMind AlphaZero
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linked to:
AlphaZero
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| uses |
bitboard representation
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endgame tablebases ⓘ hand-crafted evaluation function ⓘ opening book ⓘ |
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Subject: Elmo shogi engine Description of subject: Elmo shogi engine is a highly advanced computer program for playing shogi that was strong enough to serve as a benchmark opponent for DeepMind’s AlphaZero.
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