Re: [computer-go] Big board

2007-02-20 Thread Stefan Mertin
on with it! Stefan Stefan Mertin CGoT 2007 Osnabrueck - Germany ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

[computer-go] 9x9 and 19x19

2007-05-22 Thread Stefan Mertin
preset. This might change with more experience and first of all I plan to include series of handicap games! There is lots of work to be done for it. Comments questions ( soon new versions of Go software..!) are highly appreciated and welcome! Thanks, Stefan Stefan Mertin, Osnabrueck / Germany

Re: [computer-go] Mertin's p rivate 9×9 19×19 tournament

2007-10-10 Thread Stefan Mertin
/future.html is stated that this tournament would take place this year in Germany, but so far no news. Does somebody have more information? This is Stefan Mertin. He runs tournaments by getting copies of go-playing programs and playing them against each other. He has told me of his plans

RE: [computer-go] best approach forward

2007-10-11 Thread Stefan Mertin
One thing computer chess has had for a very long time and is practically absent in Go is a rating list. It's always been possible to identify who the best programs and where they stand relative to any other. There are agencies that play hundreds of thousands of games constantly to track

RE: [computer-go] Mertin's p rivate 9×9 19×19 tournament

2007-10-13 Thread Stefan Mertin
Edward de Grijs grey.matter at hotmail.com writes Hi Stefan, thanks for your reply. Now I understand what you have done, it is a lot of work. A few remarks: I find it interesting that you are using such a broad range of programs. Many of them are not present on CGOS. Yes here is one of

RE: [computer-go] Mertin's private 9×9

2007-10-14 Thread Stefan Mertin
Jason House jason.james.houseatgmail.com writes I believe that pondering is also more popular today. How the opponent uses their time can affect bot performance as well. Absolutely, pondering is very important e.g. for computer play against humans as I erperienced with Suzie in Villach! But

Re: [computer-go] use for Monte Carlo on 19X19?

2007-11-06 Thread Stefan Mertin
Lars Schäfers wrote: I would propose the GnuGO scoring as a referee. Perhaps it's possible to ask the two bots which stones they think are dead or in seki. If they don't agree GnuGO will decide who had won. This would perhaps be an advantage for GnuGO playing on CGOS but show me a 9x9 game

Re: [computer-go] use for Monte Carlo on 19X19?

2007-11-07 Thread Stefan Mertin
on 07.11.2007 07:35 Gunnar Farnebäck wrote: Stefan Mertin wrote: I am using GnuGo scoring in my tournaments. But GnuGo 3.7.10 mostly doesn´t score seki correctly, has this been revised for v3.7.11 ...?! What scoring mode are you using? /Gunnar SORRY - I was completely wrong here, I

Re: [computer-go] erm.../ CGoTournaments

2007-12-05 Thread Stefan Mertin
Hi all, this discussion about ratings and playing strength of Go programs on 19x19 and 9x9 with and without handicap stones etc. is exactly the field I try to find an approach in my tournaments! Most classic Go programs were designed only to be as strong as possible in 19x19 and seamed to be

[computer-go] My ongoing CGoTournament - actual results

2009-03-31 Thread Stefan Mertin
More than ten thousand games 19x19 Go are played in my computer Go Tournament - time to again publish some results! Please have a look at my newly created site for results and more informations: www.igosoft.com All these games are played on my home PC (Windows - Intel Pentium IV - 2.6 GHz).