RE: [computer-go] US Go Congress

2009-06-09 Thread David Fotland
I already have other plans that week, so I can't be there. David > -Original Message- > From: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org [mailto:computer-go- > boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of David Doshay > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:57 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go

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

2009-06-09 Thread David Doshay
Mr Kim is not comfortable on 9x9. He has previously declined to play against computers on small boards. Cheers, David On 9, Jun 2009, at 11:27 AM, Ingo Althöfer wrote: Terry McIntyre wrote: I can volunteer to organize the computer versus pro demonstration. Myung-Wan Kim lives in Los Angeles

[computer-go] Re: US Go Congress

2009-06-09 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Terry McIntyre wrote: > I can volunteer to organize the computer versus pro demonstration. > Myung-Wan Kim lives in Los Angeles and I can approach him; he > played against Mogo last year. > > Will Mogo be available? > > Mogo team, do you feel that Mogo has improved since the previous > demonstr

Re: [computer-go] US Go Congress

2009-06-09 Thread terry mcintyre
I can volunteer to organize the computer versus pro demonstration. Myung-Wan Kim lives in Los Angeles and I can approach him; he played against Mogo last year. Will Mogo be available? Mogo team, do you feel that Mogo has improved since the previous demonstration? Which is the strongest comput

Re: [computer-go] US Go Congress

2009-06-09 Thread David Doshay
Because of my health problems I will not be able to attend this year either, so neither of the two people who ran last year's event in Portland will be able to do it this year. Any other volunteers? It would be nice if this became a regular event again. Cheers, David On 9, Jun 2009, at

[computer-go] US Go Congress

2009-06-09 Thread Peter Drake
Due to other commitments, I will NOT be attending the US Go Congress in Fairfax, Virginia, August 1-9. As a result, if there is to be any computer Go event there (e.g., computer-computer tournament, computer- professional match), someone else will have to organize it. Peter Drake http://www.

Re: [computer-go] UCT tree pruning

2009-06-09 Thread Isaac Deutsch
Thanks for the input. It is a very interesting idea. Since I don't have a transposition table but only a stupid tree, I can't apply the same mechanic. I can image that with a transposition table, nodes are very equally distri- buted, so pruning one of the 16 moves almost always is a good choice. B