On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, David G Doshay wrote:
are you planning a 19*19 tournament only, or is there a chance of a 9*9 'side' tournament?On 9, Feb 2005, at 12:41 PM, Nick Wedd wrote:My provisional plans are: 5-round Swiss Time limits one hour each, sudden death Probably Chinese (area) rules
My program SlugGo is strong but slow. I have dropped the time for the longest games from over 5 hours down to 3 hours with no drop in playing strength, with the average game now taking about 2 hours. I do see a rare game (perhaps one in 30) that finishes in under an hour. While I can trim time directly at the expense of playing strength, I think that people would like to see SlugGo playing at full strength.i disagree with this a little bit. it is real easy for me to write a program that plays optimal Go, I'll just be forced to forfeit on time if there are _any_ time limits (or memory limits :-( ).
I hope to eventually be able to compete in a tournament because I think that the computer Go world does not benefit if strong programs are excluded due to a forced forfeit on time. Just trying to plant a seed for a future tournament.