Thanks for the nice explanation. So this is a kind of defacto standard then - that is a good thing.
Don On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:47 PM, David Fotland <[email protected]>wrote: > For the last year or so, all the bots have been using this time control > (nine 15-second periods), so the bot ratings can be compared. All the > periods are the same 15 seconds. So any time over 15 seconds uses one of > the periods (over 30 seconds would use two periods, etc). 15 seconds is > pretty reasonable for a quick game, and 9 periods allows a couple of long > thinks.**** > > ** ** > > David**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Don Dailey > *Sent:* Monday, January 02, 2012 2:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:02 PM, "Ingo Althöfer" <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Hello Don,**** > > > > What time control was used for these games or did it vary?**** > > In the last few days it was 15 seconds per move, with > 9 byoyomi phases.**** > > ** ** > > I don't think that specifies the time control does it? So if a player > exceeds 15 seconds he starts to use one of his byoyomi periods? How long > for the byoyomi phases? **** > > ** ** > > I don't think 15 seconds per move average is bad for humans at all, but > if you have to make each move in 15 seconds it's horrible and I can see > that this is going to make the computer really look good. **** > > ** ** > > For making strength claims there should be some sort of standard. You > could take almost any program and get 5 dan or more by setting the time to > 1 second per move. **** > > ** ** > > Don **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > **** > > > Ingo. > > > -- > NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! > Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone**** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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