RE: [computer-go] How to play go with other programe?

[Hellwig.Geisse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On 12-Aug-2004 Arend Bayer wrote:
> 
> 
>> A big hurdle for a tournament organizer is writing a referee program.  Why
>> don't people consider
>> using nngs/igs protocol, which also works over tcp, and the nngs referee
>> program already exists.
> 
> That is certainly a solution, but the referee programs for GTP exist
> already, too, and might even be easier to setup. (I never tried to
> compile NNGS, so I might be wrong.)
> 
> Arend
> 

The problem with the IGS/NNGS approach is IMHO that
there does not exist a specification of this protocol,
at least not to my knowledge. And didn't IGS claim the
protocol their property a long time ago?

Hellwig
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