Re: [computer-go] US Go Congress Computer Tournament: Who's Playing

2008-06-09 Thread David Doshay
Ooops, that should be that play against humans may be different than play against other computer programs. Cheers, David On 9, Jun 2008, at 5:33 PM, David Doshay wrote: Play against humans may be different than play against humans. ___ computer

Re: [computer-go] US Go Congress Computer Tournament: Who's Playing

2008-06-09 Thread David Doshay
Hello all, The total prize money pool from which various prizes will be awarded will be at least $1250. The uncertainty in the distribution is because we may wish to keep some prize money for computer programs that compete against humans. At the Cotsen Open in Los Angeles, programs have e

Re: [computer-go] US Go Congress Computer Tournament: Who's Playing

2008-06-09 Thread Sam Gross
I am planning to enter, assuming my program is ready by that time. I would say there's an 80% chance. Sam Gross On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We'd like to get an estimate of numbers. Who's planning to enter the US Go > Congress Computer Go Tournament?

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

2008-06-09 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Rémi Coulom wrote: Some answers by the organizers. [...] 2) Cluster Computing Is allowed. However, we don't have confirmation regarding the internet access. The Chinese are busy with it. I am surprised. I thought that remote hardware would be forbidden for the go tournament. For sure th

[computer-go] June KGS bot tournament: small boards, slowish

2008-06-09 Thread Nick Wedd
Registration is now open for this Sunday's bot tournament on KGS. The Formal division will be a 6-round Swiss using 13x13 boards, 28 minutes each sudden death. The Open division will be a 9-round Swiss using 9x9 boards, 18 minutes each sudden death. It will start at 08:00 UTC (=GMT), and end

Re: [computer-go] US Go Congress Computer Tournament: Who's Playing

2008-06-09 Thread Jason House
Traveling there is out of the question for me. I'm also quite certain I would not place well. I can contribute an executable if someone wants to run my bot, they could keep any prize money. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 9, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We'd like to g

[computer-go] US Go Congress Computer Tournament: Who's Playing

2008-06-09 Thread Peter Drake
We'd like to get an estimate of numbers. Who's planning to enter the US Go Congress Computer Go Tournament? Here is the latest version of the info on the tournament: Computer Go Tournament Tournament Director Peter Drake (AND CO-DIRECTOR?) Description This 19x19 tournament is for computer pr

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

2008-06-09 Thread Rémi Coulom
Some answers by the organizers. Rémi --- Begin Message --- Hi Remi, 1) Entrance Audience The ICGA will not charge entrance fee for spectators. We have no information /indication that there are restrictions / entrance fee (as in Italy) by the local organization. 2) Cluster Computing Is allo

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

2008-06-09 Thread Olivier Teytaud
Hi all; if someone knows if remote clusters are allowed for the computer-Go olympiads, we are interested in this information. Best regards, Olivier ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/com