| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1/13-16 |
The Shodan Go Bet II, KGS. |
| 1/15 |
79th KGS Computer Go Tournament (19x19). |
| 2/5 |
80th KGS Computer Go Tournament (9x9). |
| 2/25 |
Yoshio Ishida 9p vs Zen, Niconico video, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 3/5, 6 |
2nd JAIST Cup Game Algorithm Competitions, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 3/11-14 |
Spring 2012 KGS Slow Computer Go Tournament (19x19). |
| 3/17 |
6th E&C Symposium Special Event (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan. |
| 4/1 |
81st KGS Computer Go Tournament (13x13). |
| 5/6 |
82nd KGS Computer Go Tournament (19x19). |
| 6/3 |
83rd KGS Computer Go Tournament (9x9). |
| 6/12-13 |
Human vs. Computer Go Competition at IEEE WCCI 2012 (FUZZ-IEEE 2012 Series Activities on Computer Game of Go), Taiwan. |
| 6/29-7/1 |
TCGA Computer Game Tournaments 2012, KGS. |
| 7/1 |
84th KGS Computer Go Tournament (19x19). |
| 7/21-8/4 |
56th European Go Congress, Bonn, Germany. |
| 8/12 |
85th KGS Computer Go Tournament (9x9). |
| 8/20-22 |
CEDEC 2012, Yokohama, Japan. |
| 9/2- |
Fall 2012 Slow KGS Computer Go Tournament (19x19). |
| 10/7 |
86th KGS Computer Go Tournament (13x13). |
| 10/13-14 |
CGF Open Computer Go Tournaments (in Japanese), Tokyo, Japan. |
| 11/9-11 |
The 17th Game Programming Workshop 2012, Hakone, Japan. |
| 11/16-18 |
The 2012 Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI 2012), Tainan, Taiwan. |
| 11/4 |
87th KGS Computer Go Tournament (19x19). |
| 12/2 |
88th KGS Computer Go Tournament 9x19). |
| March 2013 |
The 6th UEC Cup Computer Go Tournament, Tokyo, Japan. |