First results
| Oware players | Country | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Note | Date | |
| Olowolafeabey
(pseudo) |
Elo 1700-1800 | Nigeria | 10-38 ♦ | ♦ 23-25 | 21-27 ♦ | - | Mar. 12, 2023 |
| Guy Sepahi | France | ♦ 15-33 | - | - | In person | Feb. 26, 2023 | |
| Assylkhan Kozhanassip | Kazakhstan | ♦ 17-31 | 15-33 ♦ | ♦ 15-33 | In person | Feb. 25-26, 2023 | |
| Serik Aktayev | Master | Kazakhstan | 15-33 ♦ | ♦ 23-25 | ♦ 18-30 | In person | Feb. 24-26, 2023 |
| Anonymous | Elo 1200-1400 | Germany | 11-37 ♦ | ♦ 8-40 | 17-31 ♦ | - | May 5, 2022 |
| Trevor Simon | Grand Master | Antigua & Barbuda | Benchmark: 23-25 ♦ Transcript | - | Dec. 24, 2021 | ||
Game results format: Challenger score - 48Stones score, ♦: indicates the player that started the game
| Independent computer scientists / hobbyists | Country | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Note | Date | |
| Michiel Smits | Software + 36-seed database | The Netherlands | 23-25 ♦ | ♦ 23-25 | 22-26 ♦ | Games video | May 3, 2022 |
| Joan Sala | AI engine: Aualé (Aalina 1.2.0) | Spain | Benchmark: ♦ 23-25 Transcript | - | Apr. 17, 2021 | ||
Game results format: Challenger score - 48Stones score, ♦: indicates the player that started the game
Do you think you can beat the 48Stones database or even reach a tie?
The challenge is open to the best Oware players, computer scientists, university researchers and technology companies. It consists of a series of games that are played on the platform www.playok.com.
👉 An invitation with all the conditions is published here!
Olowolafeabey
- Elo 1700-1800, Nigeria
- Games: played online www.playok.com, with the following settings:
Game time: 15 minutes Added time: 10 seconds (added to each of every move) Non-rated game (it doesn't affect the ELO score of the player) Undo enabled (to prevent from any typo while entering the moves from 48Stones)
- Execution: Xavier Blanvillain played on behalf of the 48Stones database, as it is not available to anybody for game ethical reasons
- Noticeable Olowolafeabey's performance #1: best game result (23-25)
- Noticeable Olowolafeabey's performance #2: longest perfect play (for 74 moves)
- Noticeable Olowolafeabey's performance #3: showcasing 3 ways to play the 9-seed loop
Olowolafeabey (23)
vs.
48Stones (25)
Mar 12, 2023
Game
- Olowolafeabey to start, 192 moves, 52 min
- Transcript: download pdf
Settings
- www.playok.com, 15'+10", unrated
Olowolafeabey's play in this game
Best moves: 75% Suboptimal moves: 0% Worst moves: 1% No move decision to make: 24%
Lost game at move #75
Comments
- Best game result
- Almost perfect game (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- Educational game: Olowolafeabey engaged in 3 ways to play the 9-seed loop
- Long game
Serik Aktayev
- Master, Kazakhstan
- Event: Festival International des Jeux, France, Cannes, 24th to 26th February 2023
- Games: played in person, with no time limit
- Execution: Xavier Blanvillain played on behalf of the 48Stones database, as it is not available to anybody for game ethical reasons
- Noticeable Serik's performance #1: best game result (23-25)
- Noticeable Serik's performance #2: settled the game on last move
- Noticeable Serik's performance #3: shortest game
Serik Aktayev (23)
vs.
48Stones (25)
Feb 24, 2023
Serik's play in this game
Best moves: 83% Suboptimal moves: 3% Worst moves: 0% No move decision to make: 14%
Lost game at move #29
Comments
- Best game result
- Almost perfect game (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- 2 krous, with a krou capturing over 5 pits
- 48Stones wins with the last move
- 5-seed "starving" situation for Serik
- Short game
Michiel Smits' software + 36-seed database
- Independent computer scientist, The Netherlands
- Games: played online www.playok.com, with the following settings:
Game time: 15 minutes Added time: 10 seconds (added to each of every move) Non-rated game (it doesn't affect the ELO score of the player) Undo enabled (to prevent from any typo while entering the moves from 48Stones)
- Execution: Michiel Smits played on behalf of his software and 36-seed database
- Execution: Xavier Blanvillain played on behalf of the 48Stones database
- Noticeable performance #1: 2 best game results in a row (23-25)
- Noticeable performance #2: almost perfect games (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- Noticeable performance #3: longest perfect opening of the best game results
48Stones (25)
vs.
Michiel Smits' (23)
May 3, 2022
Game
- 48Stones to start, 126 moves, 33 min
- Transcript: download pdf
Settings
- www.playok.com, 15'+10", unrated
Performance of Michiel Smits software + 36-seed database
Best moves: 73% Suboptimal moves: 1% Worst moves: 0% No move decision to make: 26%
Lost game at move #36
Comments
- Best game result
- Almost perfect game (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- Longest perfect opening
- Ends with a 8-seed loop
Michiel Smits' (23)
vs.
48Stones (25)
May 3, 2022
Game
- Michiel to start, 175 moves, 45 min
- Transcript: download pdf
Settings
- www.playok.com, 15'+10", unrated
Performance of Michiel Smits software + 36-seed database
Best moves: 89% Suboptimal moves: 1% Worst moves: 0% No move decision to make: 10%
Lost game at move #21
Comments
- Best game result
- Almost perfect game (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- Game control: 90% of control from Michiel Smits' (positions where a decision for a best move is to be made)
- Ends with a 9-seed loop
Trevor Simon
- Grand Master, Antigua & Barbuda
- Games: played online www.playok.com, with the following settings:
Game time: 15 minutes Added time: 10 seconds (added to each of every move) Non-rated game (it doesn't affect the ELO score of the player) Undo enabled (to prevent from any typo while entering the moves from 48Stones)
- Execution: Xavier Blanvillain played on behalf of the 48Stones database, as it is not available to anybody for game ethical reasons
- Noticeable Trevor's performance #1: best game result (23-25)
- Noticeable Trevor's performance #2: almost perfect games (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- Noticeable Trevor's performance #3: 91% control of the game
48Stones (25)
vs.
Trevor Simon (23)
Dec 24, 2021
Game
- 48Stones to start, 93 moves, 20 min
- Transcript: download pdf
Settings
- www.playok.com, 15'+10", unrated
Trevor's play in this game
Best moves: 89% Suboptimal moves: 0% Worst moves: 2% No move decision to make: 9%
Lost game at move #16
Comments
- Best game result
- Almost perfect game (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- Game control: 91% of control from Trevor (positions where a decision for a best move is to be made)
- Superb 17-seed krou from Trevor
- Short game
Aualé (aka Aalina)
- Editor: Software info & download
- Version: 1.2.0
- Games: played offline, from console, with the following settings (advice from the author):
Computation time: 3.6 seconds
- Execution: 1 single CPU thread (not configurable)
- Noticeable performance #1: best game result (23-25)
- Noticeable performance #2: almost perfect games (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
Aualé Aalina (23)
vs.
48Stones (25)
Apr 17, 2021
Game
- Aualé to start, 103 moves, 35 min
- Transcript: download pdf
Settings
- 3.6 seconds computation time
- CPU: 1.2 GHz Dual-Core Intel m3
Performance of "Aualé Aalina"
Best moves: 33% Suboptimal moves: 2% Worst moves: 0% No move decision to make: 65%
Lost game at move #19 Lost catch potential at move #63
Comments
- Best game result
- Almost perfect game (only 1 suboptimal move in the whole game)
- Series of 2-sided captures (pos. #10..#16)
- Series of 2-sided captures (pos. #34..#37)
- 1 krou
- Short game