Re: [Computer-go] McMahon tournaments on KGS

I have had second thoughts about this. People have encouraged me to use McMahon instead of Swiss for the KGS bot tournaments. But they may, like me, not have realised what they were asking for - that they would be getting an American McMahon, not a European one. Also, iniitial rating plays a

Re: [Computer-go] McMahon tournaments on KGS

I have now realised that it was a language problem. "McMahon tournament" means different things in Europe and America. I knew only the European meaning, and KGS implements the American version. I assume that those who wrote here encouraging me to I hold the monthly KGS bot tournaments in McMahon

Re: [Computer-go] McMahon tournaments on KGS

On 18 May 2016 at 17:31, Xavier Combelle wrote: > AFter watching that it was a 13x13 tournament I would say that the more > probable is that KGS don't know how to handle handicap tournament with > small board > That's a possibility. So I should run a test 19x19

Re: [Computer-go] McMahon tournaments on KGS

AFter watching that it was a 13x13 tournament I would say that the more probable is that KGS don't know how to handle handicap tournament with small board 2016-05-18 18:30 GMT+02:00 Xavier Combelle : > According to https://www.gokgs.com/help/_fr_FR/tournMcMahon.html

Re: [Computer-go] McMahon tournaments on KGS

According to https://www.gokgs.com/help/_fr_FR/tournMcMahon.html McMahon avoid high handicap. You could also setup a swiss with handicap tournament 2016-05-18 18:06 GMT+02:00 Nick Wedd : > I had been persuaded, by postings to this list, to run the monthly KGS bot >

[Computer-go] McMahon tournaments on KGS

I had been persuaded, by postings to this list, to run the monthly KGS bot tournaments with a McMahon division. I now think that this probably won't work. I have run a test McMahon tournament. No handicaps were assigned, or reported in the results. This *may* have been because none of the