> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Petr Baudis > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 5:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Congratulations to Erica! > > Hi! > > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 12:11:26PM +0200, Erik van der Werf wrote: > > Somehow I feel that these kgs tournaments are for an important part > > decided by the kgs paring algorithm. It's annoying; the olympiad has > > become a hardware contest and the kgs tournaments a lottery. Hardly > > any good tournaments left. (Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, it's > > still fun to watch :-)) > > I also feel that way, but because of this, I really prefer tournaments > with as many rounds as possible, since that greatly eliminates any bias; > in that case, I much prefer Swiss-style to get a chance to play with > strong opponent several times instead of repeatedly tackling with > Idiotbot. > > It appears to me that many authors do leave their programs unattended > for part of the tournament anyway, so I wonder if there would be that > much opposition to e.g. making the 30min/side tournaments 12-round? But > of course, that also puts quite a demand on Nick. :-( > > -- > Petr "Pasky" Baudis
I also prefer more rounds, even if the time limits must be shorter. Is it possible to get a volunteer to help Nick run the tournaments so he can get a break and the tournaments can be 8 to 12 hours long? David _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
