Re: [computer-go] 2004 Olympiad - GTP, GMP, "manual", ...... ?

["John Hamlen" <johno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Erik, Hi David,

Many thanks for your super-fast replies.

Erik, thanks for reminding me about GoGui. My program is (so far!) a
bare-bones GTP engine, so I was going to use Markus and Martin's EXCELLENT
GoGui as I front-end. I completely forgot that the package included (among
other things) a GMPtoGTP tool!

I'm downloading the Java Comms API as I type, and will see if I can get it
working as soon as I find a second PC to hook up with.

Thanks again for the tips.

Best wishes,
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik van der Werf" <E.vanderWerf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "John Hamlen" <johno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "computer-go"
<computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 07 June 2004 10:08
Subject: Re: [computer-go] 2004 Olympiad - GTP, GMP, "manual", ...... ?


> Hi John,
>
> We strongly encourage GMP. Last year all programs except two supported
> GMP. Nevertheless, you are still allowed to participate without GMP.
>
> There are several free programs which can provide an interface to your
> program and already have GMP (and some other protocols) implemented. I
> think it would be most convenient if your program could be operated with
> cgoban1
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/cgoban1/
>
> or gogui
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gogui/
>
> My current program still uses GMP to communicate with cgoban1 which has
> a very robust implementation of GMP. However, gogui has the advantage
> that it supports both GTP (go text protocol) and GMP. Since GTP seems to
> become the standard it may be best to implement that directly and than
> use a program like gogui to connect to other programs that speak GMP
> (over a serial cable).
>
> You should also have a look at:
>
> http://www.britgo.org/gopcres/padvice.html
>
> Best,
> Erik
>
>
> John Hamlen wrote:
> > Dear Computer-Goers,
> >
> > During the 90's (and late 80's), I got a lot of enjoyment from entering
my
> > chess program ("Woodpusher") into competitions. Pressure from work, and
a
> > lessening of interest (for me) once the top programs reached World
Champion
> > strength, resulting in me giving up working on Woodpusher in 1997.
> >
> > However, a couple of months ago I discovered the game of Go, saw that
the
> > Computer Olympiad was still going, realised that I'd never been to
Israel,
> > and decided to have a bash at a Go program! I currently have a something
> > that plays recognisable, though very weak(!), 9x9 Go.
> >
> > As a newbie at this, now what I need to turn my attention to such small
> > matters as: How do computer Go tournaments - and the Olympiad in
> > particular - actually work?
> >
> > Chess was easy; you just made all your moves on a real chess board and
> > entered them into the computer. What is the norm for Go? If I turn up in
> > Israel with a Go set under my arm, will that be okay, or should the
program
> > be written to push GMP commands out of a serial port?
> >
> > Any advice and experience you can share with me on this is much
appreciated.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > John Hamlen
> >
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