i think that kgs players might be more open-minded about this. s.
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Nick Wedd <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/01/2012 11:25, Petr Baudis wrote: > > < snip > > > >>> Have the courage to >>> compete under human conditions! Enter human tournaments! >> >> >> That's easy to say. Do you know a tournament where a program can enter? >> I have tried few times with Pachi, never successfully yet. I think some >> other authors tried as well in the past. > > > Many years ago, when running a Go tournament for humans, I allowed a program > to enter. It only played in rounds in which the number of human entrants > was odd, so as to avoid byes (I thought, "surely playing a game against a > program is better than sitting around reading a newspaper for a round?"). > But I was reprimanded by the British Go Association, and told never to do > this again. > > Nick > -- > Nick Wedd > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 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
