I have now realised that it was a language problem. "McMahon tournament" means different things in Europe and America. I knew only the European meaning, and KGS implements the American version.
I assume that those who wrote here encouraging me to I hold the monthly KGS bot tournaments in McMahon format were referring to the American version; and that is what I can use. I hope they can advise me on sensible settings for "Handicap", "Low bar", and "High bar". Nick On 18 May 2016 at 17:38, Nick Wedd <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 May 2016 at 17:31, Xavier Combelle <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> AFter watching that it was a 13x13 tournament I would say that the more >> probable is that KGS don't know how to handle handicap tournament with >> small board >> > > That's a possibility. So I should run a test 19x19 tournament. I still > need a volunteer Ranked Robot to test the format. > > Nick > > >> >> 2016-05-18 18:30 GMT+02:00 Xavier Combelle <[email protected]>: >> >>> According to https://www.gokgs.com/help/_fr_FR/tournMcMahon.html >>> McMahon avoid high handicap. You could also setup a swiss with handicap >>> tournament >>> >>> 2016-05-18 18:06 GMT+02:00 Nick Wedd <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> I had been persuaded, by postings to this list, to run the monthly KGS >>>> bot tournaments with a McMahon division. >>>> >>>> I now think that this probably won't work. I have run a test McMahon >>>> tournament. No handicaps were assigned, or reported in the results. This >>>> *may* have been because none of the entrants had a confirmed rating >>>> (one had a ? rating, four were unrated), but I doubt it. Even if all the >>>> players were treated as having the same initial rating (probably 8k, where >>>> I had set the lower bar), handicaps should have been used by the final >>>> rounds. >>>> >>>> You can see the results at >>>> http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?sort=n&id=1040 >>>> >>>> I will be willing to run another test tournament, today or tomorrow, if >>>> someone can provide a "Ranked Robot" to help with the test. It should be >>>> able to beat gnugo3pt8 consistently, and should preferably be willing to >>>> play 9x9 Go. All you need to do is leave it running on KGS in tournament >>>> mode, and email me with its name. I have left gnugo3pt8 running, to >>>> restore its confirmed rating. >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> -- >>>> Nick Wedd [email protected] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Computer-go mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >>>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > > > > -- > Nick Wedd [email protected] > -- Nick Wedd [email protected]
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