[computer-go] Who is stv?

A program named stv has won the 9x9-KGS bot tournament today by a laaarge margin, ahead of Fuego, Zen9, Aya, Valkyria and Rango. More details under http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?sort=sid=463 Does someone here know who stv's programmer is? Ingo. -- Nur bis 31.05.: GMX FreeDSL

Re: [computer-go] Who is stv?

Ingo Althöfer wrote: A program named stv has won the 9x9-KGS bot tournament today by a laaarge margin, ahead of Fuego, Zen9, Aya, Valkyria and Rango. More details under http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?sort=sid=463 Does someone here know who stv's programmer is? Ingo. The only

Re: [computer-go] Who is stv?

In message 4a22f015.4050...@w-wins.com, Raymond Wold computergol...@w-wins.com writes Ingo Althöfer wrote: A program named stv has won the 9x9-KGS bot tournament today by a laaarge margin, ahead of Fuego, Zen9, Aya, Valkyria and Rango. More details under

[computer-go] Liberties in Many Faces

On April 6, David Fotland wrote: In Many Faces' playouts I don't keep arrays of liberties. I just keep the counts. In the older program I keep linked lists of liberties. On April 7 he elaborated: Yes, I walk both chains looking for duplicates. This is quite fast if done efficiently,

RE: [computer-go] Liberties in Many Faces

1) yes. I maintain liberty counts during MC playouts. 2) Something else. I remove one liberty from the adjacent chain, then look at the empty points adjacent to the new stone and check if they are also adjacent to the adjacent chain, and adjust the liberty counts accordingly. At most 3 checks

[computer-go] Re: stv is Steenvreter

Nick Wedd explained: stv is Steenvreter. Its creator is indeed Erik van der Werf, whose KGS account is evdw. Its name is Dutch for stone eater... Congratulations to Erik van der Warf for the Win! By the way, Steenvreter is such a nice name. You should call your baby by full name on KGS.