What is known about My Go Friend? I don't recall hearing about it before.
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 7:02 AM, David Fotland <[email protected]> wrote: > My Go Friend wins the computer go 9x9. > > Fuego is second > > Erica is third > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Fotland > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 2:26 AM > To: 'computer-go' > Subject: [Computer-go] 9x9 news > > > > No results this time, since they will be available soon. > > > > A game between Fuego and Gomorra was decided by the “long cycle” rule. If a > position is repeated, the game stops and is either a draw or a win depending > on how many stones are captured by each side in the cycle. Gomorra > implemented the rule, but got it backwards, and lost when it repeated the > position. > > > > Mogo was crashing today at the end of games. The mogo team thought this was > unfair and tried to tried to withdraw from the tournament. The tournament > directors conferred with the players and decided to have Mogo continue > playing, but use the manual system they were using yesterday, which doesn’t > have the crashing issue. > > > > Gomorra had a connection through a very slow machine that added up to 10 > seconds per move, so it lost two more games on time, before switching to > another routing machine. > > > > MyGoFriend continues to do very well. > > > > Valkyria lost two games to Gnugo. > > > > Many Faces lost several games early in the opening. A good opening book is > required now to play strong 9x9 go. > > > > -David > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
