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

["David Fotland" <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A computer-computer match without me would be fine.  Most programmers 
have already done this a couple of years ago at Stefan Mertin's tournament:

http://www.geocities.com/comp_go/13x13.html

Regards,

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Tayek
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:54 PM
> To: computer-go
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] how to have a computer go tournament?
> 
> 
> At 03:33 PM 1/23/05, you wrote:
> 
> >On 23, Jan 2005, at 3:18 PM, Nick Wedd wrote:
> >
> >>If you do ask people to play against computers, how, mechanically, 
> >>will
> >>you do it?  ... The formal way is to use a real board and 
> real clock, and 
> >>have an operator transfer moves from board to computer and 
> back.  You 
> >>will need volunteer operators...
> >
> >What makes sense to me as a computer Go programmer is to insist that 
> >the
> >author or their approved agent be there...
> 
> that may be hard. maybe mf and smart go authors would allow a 
> representative to keep an eye on things. they seem robust 
> enough to stand 
> up to it.
> 
> regarding program vs progran\m, would the authors be upset if 
> we did a 
> computer to computer match with out them and just announced 
> the results? it 
> could be very unofficial. mf and smartgo are robust enough 
> that i don't 
> think there would be a problem with them. i don't have any of 
> the others. 
> (btw, i;m and *old* programmer, but no ai or game experience).
> 
> >If you have something like this over the summer I will do my 
> very best 
> >to
> >be there with SlugGo and hopefully the referee code and a referee PC.
> 
> that would be great! not sure when the tourny is yet. last 
> year was sept 
> 18-19: http://www.thelec.com/go.pdf
> 
> 
> >I think that this sounds wonderful.
> 
> great. david f. has indicated that he is interested. maybe smart go's 
> author would allow me to use my copy. this does not have to 
> be official. i 
> could just be sold as just an experiment or something. and 
> with a small 
> number of programs, we could play then off against each other more 
> exhaustively than is normal. (let'em play all night 
> sometimes, giving them 
> lot's of time?)
> 
> thanks
> 
> ---
> ray tayek <http://tayek.com/>, co-chair 
> <http://www.ocjug.org/>, actively 
> seeking telecommuting work.
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