Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-28 Thread Eric Boesch
On Nov 27, 2007 8:29 PM, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Osgood wrote: Checking the participants, I see that MoGo and CrazyStone were specifically invited. Also playing is a version of GNU Go (presumably), as well as veterans Aya and Katsunari, and two dozen others. What

[computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Nick Wedd
FUTURE TOURNAMENTS I learned today about the UEC Cup ( http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/eng/ ), a major Computer Go event that is now less than a week away. I wish I had known about it sooner, I would have listed it at http://www.computer-go.info/events/future.html, and maybe rescheduled this

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Rémi Coulom
Nick Wedd a écrit : FUTURE TOURNAMENTS I learned today about the UEC Cup ( http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/eng/ ), a major Computer Go event that is now less than a week away. I wish I had known about it sooner, I would have listed it at http://www.computer-go.info/events/future.html, and maybe

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread terry mcintyre
to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters. -- Daniel Webster - Original Message From: Nick Wedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:24:08 AM Subject: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Don Dailey
Nick Wedd wrote: FAST SLOW KGS TOURNAMENTS Three weeks ago, I proposed running on KGS a slow bot tournament (12 hours per player per game) and a fast bot tournament (no more than five minutes per player per game). As there was no response, I shall not be running these. I will run either

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Nick Wedd
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rémi Coulom [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Nick Wedd a écrit : FUTURE TOURNAMENTS I learned today about the UEC Cup ( http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/eng/ ), a major Computer Go event that is now less than a week away. I wish I had known about it sooner, I would have

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread David Doshay
Once again, SlugGo was the only computer program at the Cotsen Open. It would be nice if someone else would bring a program next year. Cheers, David On 27, Nov 2007, at 4:24 AM, Nick Wedd wrote: FUTURE TOURNAMENTS I learned today about the UEC Cup ( http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/ eng/ ), a

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Ian Osgood
On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:24 AM, Nick Wedd wrote: FUTURE TOURNAMENTS I learned today about the UEC Cup ( http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/ eng/ ), a major Computer Go event that is now less than a week away. I wish I had known about it sooner, I would have listed it at

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Petr Baudis
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:16:56AM -0800, terry mcintyre wrote: From: Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On CGOS you will notice that a lot of the really good programs have to throttle down. Even though they are capable of achieving 2500+ ELO they are isolated at the top so they often choose

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Don Dailey
I still think tournaments should emphasize quality of play and not be played at fast time controls. KGS tournaments that are only held once per month should not resemble casual play time controls - unless there are a lot of games played such as double round robins. I agree with you that a long

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread Don Dailey
Ian Osgood wrote: On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:24 AM, Nick Wedd wrote: FUTURE TOURNAMENTS I learned today about the UEC Cup ( http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/eng/ ), a major Computer Go event that is now less than a week away. I wish I had known about it sooner, I would have listed it at

RE: [computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

2007-11-27 Thread David Fotland
Ian Osgood wrote: What boggles my mind is the lack of participation in these events from commercial players like KCC Igo, Haruka, Go4++, Handtalk, and Many Faces. It's because these programs will get killed by the top Monte Carlo programs. It's risky competing when your reputation is