Re: computer-go: Test collections?

[Darren Cook <darren@xxxxxxxxx>]

> The GNU Go sources contain regression tests in GTP (Go Text Protocol)
> form, with correct answers marked in the comments of the GTP files.
Thanks - I'd looked at these and thought it was a pure text format, and so 
hard to edit. Now I see you specify an sgf file and move in that file, so 
really it is just a separation of the test position from the test and result.

I guess it should be possible to have a conversion utility that puts the gtp 
commands in sgf file comments, and vice versa. (does gnugo already have 
something like this?)

> However, this test suite is developed and maintained only with GNU Go in
> mind. 
Yes - it seems many of the choices return gnu go function return values.

I am looking for a test set of life/death and tactical reading problems, 
that mark chains and say at least "alive/dead/unsettled/ko", and preferably 
with more description of what type of ko. What is the closest to that in GTP?

Darren