[computer-go] Re: Random Go Challenge

[Markus Enzenberger <compgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>(by way of MarkusEnzenberger <compgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>)]

Gunnar Farnebäck wrote:
> In order to get some testing of GTP implementations, and to some
> extent because it's interesting in itself, I have started a Random Go
> Challenge. For current standings and information about how to
>
> http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gunnar/gtp/random_go_challenge.html

a very nice idea, though probably not a good benchmark for Go programs.
The simple algorithm MaxAvgLib which tries to maximize the average number
 of liberties outperforms all other programs.

I am wondering if you plan to make the source for your server available.
It might be interesting to extend it for games between programs or even as
 a server for computer Go tournaments.

For easier connection I extended the tool gtpserver, which is part of GoGui
(only in the development CVS so far) for doing outgoing connections, you
can run it like this:

gtpserver -remote sellafield.lysator.liu.se -port 9697 \
  -user name_and_password \
  "gnugo --quiet --mode gtp --chinese-rules"

also, there is a new tool gtpadapter, which can do protocol translation for
programs that use GTP version 1 and emulate the free handicap commands with
play commands (this is not 100% compliant to the standard, but works well)

- Markus
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