<s>
Elmo	B-Application
,	O
stylized	O
as	O
elmo	B-Application
(	O
the	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
blend	O
of	O
elastic	O
and	O
monkey	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
shogi	I-Application
evaluation	O
function	O
and	O
book	O
file	O
(	O
joseki	O
)	O
created	O
by	O
Makoto	O
Takizawa	O
(	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combined	O
with	O
the	O
yaneura	O
ou	O
(	O
)	O
search	O
,	O
Elmo	B-Application
became	O
the	O
champion	O
of	O
the	O
27th	O
annual	O
World	O
Computer	B-Application
Shogi	I-Application
Championship	O
(	O
)	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Den	O
Ō	O
tournament	O
(	O
)	O
in	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
Elmo	B-Application
was	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
five	O
engines	O
losing	O
to	O
(	O
1st	O
)	O
,	O
shotgun	O
(	O
2nd	O
)	O
,	O
ponanza	O
(	O
3rd	O
)	O
,	O
(	O
4th	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Qhapaq_conflated	O
(	O
5th	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
DeepMind	B-Application
claimed	O
that	O
its	O
program	O
AlphaZero	B-Application
,	O
after	O
two	O
hours	O
of	O
massively	O
parallel	O
training	O
(	O
700,000	O
steps	O
or	O
10,300,000	O
games	O
)	O
,	O
began	O
to	O
exceed	O
Elmo	B-Application
's	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
full	O
nine	O
hours	O
of	O
training	O
(	O
24	O
million	O
games	O
)	O
,	O
AlphaZero	B-Application
defeated	O
Elmo	B-Application
in	O
a	O
100-game	O
match	O
,	O
winning	O
90	O
,	O
losing	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
drawing	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elmo	B-Application
is	O
free	O
software	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
shogi	O
engine	O
interface	O
GUIs	O
such	O
as	O
Shogidokoro	O
and	O
ShogiGUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
castle	O
has	O
appeared	O
in	O
computer	O
games	O
featuring	O
elmo	B-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
named	O
elmo	B-Application
castle	O
( エルモ囲い	O
erumogakoi	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
