On the timing (80 40 fischer) Means 80 minutes basic time and 40 seconds bonus time added after each move.this means in practice around 3 hours total thinking time.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:15 PM, steve uurtamo <[email protected]> wrote: > *This* is exactly the kind of bravado that I was waiting to see > explain the monetary offer. > > Bravo, Jouni! And good luck! > > (BTW: don't back down on fischer timing. It's your money, after all!) > > s. > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Jouni Valkonen <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Stefan, that is common misconception. There is perhaps not even single >> public game between human and strong computer with slow champion level time >> controls. Therefore you cannot derive gobot's strenght from its blitz >> strenght. Unlike gobots humans are cunning because they can plan, count and >> read ahead if given unlimited time. >> >> Jouni >> >> On Jun 14, 2011 5:56 PM, "Stefan Kaitschick" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>>> X-Prize# >>>>> >>>>> If someone makes a gobot that wins me on best of 5 match (80 40 >>>>> fischer), I will pay for the programmer €1000 X-prize. Prize will be >>>>> in effect for the next 2000 years or when the winner of the >>>>> competition has been found. Challenges can be played during European >>>>> Go Congress, but I accept them only after successful preliminaries >>>>> played on rapid time settings at KGS. >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> * European Go Congress 2011 is in Bordeaux: >>>>> July 23 to August 06. There is a very strong french bot around. >>>>> Remi might find sponsors who back him with 1,000 Euro. >>>>> >>>>> * European Go Congress 2012 will be in Bonn (Germany): >>>>> July 21 to August 04. There should be German sponsors to >>>>> back a programmer with 1,000 Euro. >>>>> >>>>> Ingo. >>> X-Prize means that it's a prize, not a wager. >>> So the bot side isn't risking money. >>> >>> But the problem seems to me, that with recent bot advances the bot would >>> be favorite against even a 3 dan. >>> So to make it interesting, by now you need a 4 dan challenge. >>> >>> Stefan >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
