Hi Urban,

I would say, in a 9x9 tournament, being able to beat GNU Go at 9x9 is
enough.  I hope you will enter it for the Formal division.

Nick

On 3 October 2016 at 11:13, Urban Hafner <cont...@urbanhafner.com> wrote:

> How do you define “beating GnuGo”? My bot is a standard MCTS bot that is
> considerably stronger on 9x9 than it is on 19x19 and it has no problem
> beating GnuGo on 9x9 but is much weaker than GnuGo on 19x19. Which division
> should I apply for?
>
> Urban
>
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Nick Wedd <mapr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The October KGS bot tournament will be on Sunday, October 9th, starting
>> at 16:00 UTC and ending by 23:55 UTC.  It will use 9x9 boards, with time 
>> limits
>> of five minutes each plus very fast Canadian overtime, and komi of 7.
>>
>> It will be a 40-round Swiss tournament with two divisions.  Only bots
>> that have shown that they can beat gnugo3pt8 (currently rated as 5k on KGS)
>> may enter the Formal Division. Bots of any strength may enter the Open
>> Division. If there are fewer than three entrants (not counting
>> gnugo3pt8) for the Formal Division, they will be transferred to the Open
>> Division, and the Formal Division will be cancelled.
>>
>> See http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?id=1078 and
>> http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?id=1079 .  Please register by
>> emailing me at mapr...@gmail.com, with the words "KGS Tournament 
>> Registration"
>> in the email title, saying which division you want to play in.
>>
>> Nick
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