Re: [computer-go] future KGS Computer Go Tournaments - two sections?

[Marco Scheurer <marco@xxxxxxxx>]

On May 9, 2005, at 23:24, Nick Wedd wrote:

> I would like to see SlugGo playing in KGS tournaments, but I'm  
> sorry, I won't be able to let it play in a "formal" division.  Or  
> indeed, if we decide not to split the tournaments into divisions,  
> to let it play at all in regular tournaments.  The same goes, in  
> future, for the weaker GoFigure, and the much weaker DumbBot, two  
> other "metaprograms" that use GNUGo, in various ways, for move  
> generation.
How are these "divisions" defined?

I could understand two tournaments, one "open" (to all), and one by  
invitation. I could also understand that the criteria for being  
invited are totally opaque.

But in an "upper" vs "lower" division I don't understand why a  
program like SlugGo should be banned from entering the competition  
against top programs. There are genuine "derivatives" of GNU Go. The  
fact that such programs exist is also a sign of the success of GNU  
Go. It is not unfair to others to see strong opposition coming from  
them.

On the other hand, I agree that it doesn't make sense to have x  
copies of GNU Go running, especially when they are not entered by the  
GNU Go team. One factor to sort them out could be availability of the  
source code, or at least a public acknowledgement and a documentation  
of the approach used. Frankly I don't even see the point of having  
GNU Go clones (or any other clone for that matter) running in an  
"open" tournament.

My 2 cents. Don't even have a program to enter.

marco


Marco Scheurer
Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland   http://www.sente.ch

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