Re: [computer-go] 9x9 programs?

[Evan Berggren Daniel <ebdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That actually sounds just fine for strength.  The important things are
that it produces vaguely reasonable moves that are different from the ones
gnugo produces.  I think that an 18% winning percentage indicates it would
win more than half given 2 stones.

Thanks!

Evan Daniel

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Don Dailey wrote:

>
> Maybe.
>
> I have all kinds of versions of my program that qualify except for the
> strength.  It will  take me some time to sort them  out.  Some of them
> nearly match gnuo 3.3.21 in strength  at 9x9 but only when given 15 or
> 20 minutes per move.  Yuck!
>
> Give me a few  days to sort out the version and I  will let you have a
> linux binary.
>
> A  current version  I am  experimenting with  wins 18%  of  it's games
> against gnugo  with no handicap.  Gnuo  3.3.21 vs my program  on a 2.4
> ghz machines at 5 minutes per move.
>
> So you will probably not be happy with the strength.  I don't know how
> much a 2 stone handicap will help.  Does anyone have an idea about how
> handicap improves winning percentages given a fair Komi?
>
> - Don
>
>
>
>    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:38:06 -0500 (EST)
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>    Are there any go programs available that speak gtp and play 9x9 at
>    reasonable strength that I could get a copy of for free, and run under
>    linux?  I would be more than happy with something binary-only.  I'm
>    planning to use it for some metamachine experiments, and I'd like
>    something in addition to GNU Go (hence, reasonable strength means anything
>    gnugo would have trouble giving 2 stones to on a 9x9 board).
>
>    I'll be happy to post any results if there is interest, and I'm willing to
>    send copies of the metamachine program to anyone who sends me such, once I
>    get it cleaned up a bit.  I'm also planning to release it as open source
>    if it gets far enough along to be interesting, or if there is enough
>    interest.  Currently this is just for my own fun and experimentation,
>    though.
>
>    Thanks
>
>    Evan Daniel
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