Re: computer-go: Test collections?

[Arend Bayer <arend.bayer@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Darren Cook wrote:

> Is there any more recent work on test collections for computer go? I found
> Martin's page which was last modified 1996:
>    http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~mmueller/cgo/cgtc.html
>
> Are there any test sets using the text annotation format described here?
>   http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~mmueller/cgo/readmenew.html

The GNU Go sources contain regression tests in GTP (Go Text Protocol)
form, with correct answers marked in the comments of the GTP files.

There are currently ~3400 tests; 1900 of them are based on
"reg_genmove" and will thus work for any engine that supports GTP.
(The other tests test specific parts within GNU Go's engine via
specialized GTP commands.)

However, this test suite is developed and maintained only with GNU Go in
mind. A generic computer go test suite in GTP form would certainly be
a useful thing.

Arend