Jouni Valkonen wrote: > Fischer timing is the requirement for the challenge. > 80 min at the beginning and 40 seconds bonus after > each move.
These settings are close to ideal for a bot to play at its best. Normally they play much faster to play more rounds in a tournament or make more experiments in a test, but all programs benefit a lot from such a huge time. Also Fisher timing is almost ideal for a bot, 40 seconds + the part of the 80 min is a lot of time. The reason bots do not support this is because "tradition" makes us think "that's how tings are in go" and everybody does what others do, but Fisher is a lot easier. It is true that bots can play fast and that makes humans uneasy. As a human, I know what it is when at some point the game becomes complicated and you need to "stop and think", then you lose on time. But don't let that fool you, Zen with over a minute per move will be a hell of an opponent. I hope to watch the games and good luck. Jacques. _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
