But in fact it is a completely amateuristic field > where even the most basic > things are missing. As a chess programmer I did not even > think about, that > it is a problem to get a good game collection.
30,000 or more professional 19x19 games are readily available from SmartGo, MasterGo, or GoGOD. 9x9 games are not available because no one plays 9x9 :) There are no proper > interfaces, no serious tournaments, You came too late for the serious tournaments. Those started in 1986, and pretty much stopped in 2002 after the North Koreans were found cheating. Over $200,000 in prize money was given away. For example: http://www.reiss.demon.co.uk/webgo/fost99.htm First prize was 1 M yen, about $8,000. a wired data standard... > AND there is no money involved: I'd estimate the total go income to the older established go programs is at least $5 million, and probably closer to $10 million (over a period of 15 years or so). So there is plenty of money available. > > If it would be really a big challenge, there would be some > money. You missed the big challenge (over $1 million for a professional level program, with smaller prizes for milestones along the way). It was terminated in 2000 after Mr. Ing, the sponsor, died. > > Chrilly -David _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
