RE: [computer-go] how to have a computer go tournament?

["David Fotland" <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you have reasonable prizes and announce it on this list, you will get
some participants.
I ran the US Computer Go Championship at the US GO congress for many years,
and even with no
prizes I usually had about 4 programs.  With $1000 prizes 5-10 would show
up.  The big contests
in Asia with $6,000 to $20,00 prizes attracted 20 to 40 programs.

Running the tournament is pretty easy.  Ideally you should provide a
computer for anyone who needs one,
but I usually didn't.  Most people have laptops now.  Most programs can play
each other using the 
"Computer go modem protocol", which is ancient and ugly, but used at most
competitions.

I suggest you find someone familiar with running one of these contests, and
have him run it for you.
Try Bob Myers at the Intelligent Go Foundation:
http://intelligentgo.org/en/index.html

I would enter Many Faces of Go.  I live in San Jose.

Most programs can play using AGA rules.  In a computer-human competition,
the computer operator would
have a notebook, and would copy moves between the go board and the computer.
I think it would be interesting to 
get an AGA rating for a computer program.

Regards,

David Fotland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Tayek
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:38 PM
> To: computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [computer-go] how to have a computer go tournament?
> 
> 
> hi, we have the cotsen open go tournament usually every year 
> here in los 
> angeles. i suggested to eric that he entertain the idea of 
> having some kind 
> of computer go tournament or maybe even having the programs 
> somehow play in 
> the handicap section of the tournament after seeing the post 
> here on: " IKAT-SIKS Symposium 'Go at the frontiers of AI' ". 
> and forwarding it to 
> him. he requested some ideas on how this might work.
> 
> i have no clue, not having ever seen a computer go tournament 
>  and so i am 
> requesting your advice. frankly it sounds like a big hassle, 
> but maybe 
> somebody has it down to a science? i don't know where the 
> authors of any of 
> the programs live, but maybe there are some near la? is it at 
> all feasible 
> to have human vs computer play in an event like this? 
> unfortunately this is 
> an aga tournament and so there are a lot of brain damaged 
> rules, but maybe 
> they need not all apply to the handicap section (don't  
> know). perhaps 
> there is some way to start out small?
> 
> being a programmer and a go player i really would like to see 
> progress in 
> the programs, so even a demo between two programs that could 
> be viewed on a 
> projector would be a start (albeit a minuscule one). if any 
> of this could 
> be introduced into the tournament, we could just improve on 
> it each year.
> 
> any pointers will be appreciated.
> 
> thanks
> 
> ---
> ray tayek <http://tayek.com/>, co-chair 
> <http://www.ocjug.org/>, actively 
> seeking telecommuting work.
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