Don,
I was hoping you would have a really long time-control 9x9
tournament. I know you did not get much interest when you mentioned
it before but it might be an impetus to improve the memory behavior of
long running bots. Also, I want to experiment with my alpha/beta
searcher which would benefit greatly from such a long running tournament
- although I doubt it would beat the good UCT players.
It might be fun with 9x9 or 13x13. 19x19 games are so long that even
when you have a 12 hour tournament they still cannot think more than 4
or 5 minutes per move. In this sense it does seem like a long game,
it just seems rather chess-like. (In chess it's common in important
matches to play at a rate of about 3 minutes per move.)
So could you have a 9x9 or 13x13 12 hour per side tournament?
Yes, I'll do it. My proposals are:
9x9, Chinese rules, 7.5 komi
12 hours each sudden death
five-round Swiss
It'll be sometime in the next three months, I won't decide when
before January 3rd or so
Does anyone have any views on the timetabling (or on any of the above)?
The last bot tournament like this started at Sunday/Monday midnight, and
ended late on Friday, GMT. As I cannot be present to supervise the
whole thing, I don't much mind which parts I do supervise, so I am
pretty flexible about the timetable. I would prefer the start to be
while I am awake, so not between 01:00 and 08:00 GMT.
Nick
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