Hi!
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 05:50:37PM +0900, Hideki Kato wrote:
> I and Hiroshi have put FudoGo and Aya into CGOS 13x13 and now four,
> including the anchor, GNU Go, programs are running. Please join us
> if interested.
> http://cgos.boardspace.net/13x13/standings.html
>
> Since strongest MC bots are reaching the pro level on 9x9 board, I
> think the next target will be 13x13. In the Computer Olympiad
> Kanazawa, a new tournament, 13x13 Go, will also be created. In the
> human Go community in Japan, there is a TV program for bigginers
> supported by Nihon-kiin for a year. Also, Chang Hsu, ex Meijin in
> Japan, wrote and told 13x13 is the best for begginers in his books
> and TV interviews and is organizing a personal 13x13 Go tournament in
> Taiwan.
On a related note, I have trialed Pachi on 15x15 board for about a
month on KGS and I became a huge fan of the size - the advantage is that
classical strategic concepts and joseki are much more visible on 15x15
and 13x13, yet the game is much shorter than 19x19. So, I'd like to
encourage others to also try out this board, perhaps when demoing their
bots on KGS or such. :-)
(For program development, I'm not sure if we do need another mid-step;
with good playing level reached on 9x9, it may be enough to just
continue tuning directly for 19x19. We have at least the Shodan Go Bet
to aim at. ;-)
--
Petr "Pasky" Baudis
The true meaning of life is to plant a tree under whose shade
you will never sit.
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