Re: [computer-go] blitz computer go (Re: Computer Go tournament atEGF)

[Chris Fant <chrisfant@xxxxxxxxx>]

> This discussion reminds me of the idea that superduperblitz time --
> 0.5 seconds per move, e.g. -- would eliminate the possibility of many
> forms of cheating. (Good luck trying to help your program play at that
> speed!:-) Thus, with such a time control, you could run an all-comers
> tournament without having to fuss with the usual bozos who think
> cheating is satisfying.
> 
> It would be unsatisfyingly artificial at some level, and trying to do
> it over the Internet would require ping times that we usually
> associate with Counterstrike (or at least internet telephony) rather
> than Go. But it doesn't seem impossibly hard even today, and it should
> become easy not too far in the future.
> 
> So far my programs have tended to be slow, so for my programs in
> particular these rules would tend to be painful. But my programs have
> tended not to be very good anyway.:-| And from an abstract engineering
> point of view, this idea appeals to me in the same way as the rules of
> the ICFP Functional Programming Contest. Instead of trying to enforce
> rules about team sizes and who is qualified to enter and so forth,
> they just accept all comers and run the tournament fast. Simple,
> self-enforcing, elegant. (And it would have the advantage that you
> could run a computer-vs.-computer 7-game match in about the time it
> takes to get coffee.:-)
> 
> Before anyone gets too indignant about this: Of course I'm not arguing
> that traditional tournaments should be changed to this format. That
> is, this is not offered in the spirit of "a computer tournament should
> have an unambiguous ko rule!" or "0.5 is too small a komi!" Instead,
> it is in the spirit of "wouldn't it be interesting to have a 9x9 (or
> 37x37, for that matter) tournament?"

I think its a great idea.  I would participate in an internet
superblitz for sure (given enough warning to implement the chosen
protocol).  In order to not allow cheating by no-client-response
followed by "I lost my connection for a little while", you would just
have to have no exceptions to the 1-second rule (or whatever) and make
up for lost connections by playing multiple games, as you suggest.
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