[computer-go] Computer Olympiad registration reminder: 11 days left

2008-06-04 Thread Rémi Coulom
Dear Go programmers, I remind you that the deadline for early registration to the ICGA Computer Olympiad is June 15. After that date, registration fees will be doubled. You'll find all information on the web site of the tournament: http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/event.php?id=37 I hope

[computer-go] CGOS and FatMan

2008-06-04 Thread Don Dailey
I think the CGOS server was down for an upgrade or something and has been down for a few hours. I just restarted the software, so please restart your bot's. FatMan is no longer running - could someone please already restart FatMan? Thanks, Don

Re: [computer-go] Tournament at US Go Congress

2008-06-04 Thread Peter Drake
On Jun 3, 2008, at 6:41 PM, David Fotland wrote: You need to specify how pairings will be made and how ties will be broken, etc. I attached the announcement from one of the US computer go tournaments I ran at the go congress as an example. The short story is as in the monthly KGS

RE: [computer-go] Computer Olympiad registration reminder: 11 days left

2008-06-04 Thread David Fotland
Thanks! I just registered. Who else is going? David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rémi Coulom Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:09 AM To: computer-go Subject: [computer-go] Computer Olympiad registration reminder: 11

RE: [computer-go] Tournament at US Go Congress

2008-06-04 Thread David Fotland
I would second the idea of a full double round robin. This makes scheduling much easier. There is no need for fixed round start times. In a swiss tournament you have to wait for everyone to finish, then figure the new pairings. A round robin can get many more rounds in the same time. David

Re: [computer-go] Tournament at US Go Congress

2008-06-04 Thread Peter Drake
On Jun 4, 2008, at 7:07 PM, David Doshay wrote: I would like to strongly suggest that enough rounds be run that every program plays every other program twice, once as B and once as W. This seems like a good idea, but I have two concerns: 1) Can the KGS tournament system support this?