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

[Ray Tayek <rtayek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:01 AM 1/21/05, you wrote:
> In message <6.1.2.0.2.20050120201503.08538c00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ray Tayek 
> <rtayek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> > ... 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 ..... requested some ideas on how this might work.
> >
> > 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,...
> > ,,,
> Running a computer-Go event is not difficult.  The hardest bit may be 
> getting hold of computers for the programs to run on - if you can find a 
> sponsor to lend you these you are most of the way there.
>
> In 1996 I allowed a computer program to enter the Oxford Go Tournament. It 
> was only there to make the numbers even - it played in those rounds in 
> which there would otherwise have been an odd number of players.
hmmm, if players did not show up maybe we could someone play instead of 
getting a win.

>  Even so, I received some complaints about it, and was asked not to do 
> this again.
why did people complain? can you recall some of their reasons for being upset?

> http://www.intelligentgo.org/en/computer-go/events/past.html lists past 
> computer Go tournaments.
wow, i had no idea that there were 4 last year.

thanks

---
ray tayek <http://tayek.com/>, co-chair <http://www.ocjug.org/>, actively 
seeking telecommuting work.

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