[Computer-go] CGOS default rating is changed

2015-12-28 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Hi, I changed CGOS default rating from 1800 to the average of active players. In 19x19, new default is around 2400. I hope this will help for faster rating convergence. And I added archives. It is updated manually. http://www.yss-aya.com/cgos/ Regards, Hiroshi Yamashita

[Computer-go] Go Quest game records 9x9 and 13x13

2015-12-28 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Hi, Go Quest author, Tanasa-san published game records in 9x9 and 13x13. Some Japanese and Korean Go pro play Go Quest. So it includes high level games. 9x9 8607 games. Top 50 (max 200 games per a person) https://www.dropbox.com/s/abpzmqrw7gyvlzt/go9.tgz

Re: [Computer-go] Those were the days ...

2015-12-28 Thread uurtamo .
That might be a stone or two difference for that software at best, no? s. On Dec 28, 2015 6:58 AM, "Michael Sué" wrote: > > Remember 1998: In the US Go Congress an exhibition match > > took place: 5-dan Martin Mueller against Many Faces of Go. > > Martin gave 29 handicap

[Computer-go] Those were the days ...

2015-12-28 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Remember 1998: In the US Go Congress an exhibition match took place: 5-dan Martin Mueller against Many Faces of Go. Martin gave 29 handicap stones - and won "handily". 29 stones - can you believe it? ManyFaces was a top bot in those days. In the meantime computer go strength has increased a

Re: [Computer-go] Those were the days ...

2015-12-28 Thread David Fotland
The old program had a fixed search, so it wouldn’t get any stronger on faster hardware. Martin understood computer go weaknesses, so he played to exploit them. A modern program not specifically tuned for those weaknesses would have a much more difficult time. I released version 10 in 1997,