Re: [computer-go] 2nd KGS Computer Go Tournament

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxx>]

> You shouldn't have to spend your time sorting out badly behaving bots in
> a tournament - if they aren't fully tested and don't perform the basics
> of time management and game finishing, disqualify them.  This may have
> been a bit extreme on the Test or First tournaments, but with a healthy
> number of contenders and a reasonable time to prepare and test, sounds
> OK to me from now on.

KGS already has a protocol, so instead of disqualifying them, let the
score stand.  So if the winning program refuses to "genmove_cleanup"
the opponents dead stones, then they should be considered alive and
scored as such.  This will be huge incentive to fix your program if
it's broken.

If the bot fails to do something basic, like finishing within it's
allotted time, or making legal moves, it of course should lose it's
game.

- Don

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