Here is an excellent report on this year's computer Shogi championship, by the author of Spear, one of the two Western participants.
http://gamelab.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/SHOG ... 18csa.html
Highlights: an interesting FPGA-based entrant, an upset of the top programs in the finals, decisive results due to timekeeping bugs, and the first 2-0 victory against top amateurs in the exhibition games.
Excellent 2008 Computer Shogi Championship report
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