Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournament thoughts

[Evan Daniel <evanbd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:36:13 -0800 (PST), Ben Shoemaker
<planetb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Computer Go Match Server.  All Computer Go--All The Time! (no pun
> intended.)  It would be a go server for computer go programs only, that
> would allow programs to connect and play games with other programs.  It
> would provide a mechanism for automatically setting up matches so that
> while a program is connected games would be played continuously.  Each
> program could specify its range of acceptable game settings and the match
> server would setup games from available opponents.  It could even
> prioritize pairings that have occurred less frequently.  This would make it
> easy to obtain statistically significant results between any two opponents.
> 
> This would allow people from all over the world to participate, and time
> settings could be chosen individually, so you would only play with others
> who agree to your time settings.
> 
> There are lots of little detail that would need to be worked out, but I
> fully support such a server being set up.

I don't really have the time to help make this happen, but if it was
easy to make GTP-supporting program play on such a server, I know my
program would play with some frequency.  How much interest is there?

Evan Daniel
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