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

[David G Doshay <ddoshay@xxxxxxx>]

On 10, May 2005, at 1:51 PM, Don Dailey wrote:

> > I think the goal is that you don't want two (or more) basically
> > indistinguishable copies of a program playing in the same tournament.
> It's not as simple as just this.  If I put a significant amount of
> effort into my program in hopes of occasionally winning a tournament,
> I don't want to face the following programs in the same tournament:
>
>   1.  GnuGo as is.
>   2.  GnuGo with search added on a large network cluster.
>   3.  GnuGo with search added on a single processor computer.
>   4.  GnuGo with search added on a 4 processor SMP.
>   5.  GnuGo with search added on an 8 processor SMP.
>   6.  GnuGo with some pattern enhancements.
>
>
> But there is no reason an exhibition match cannot be played with
> Sluggo vs GnuGo on KGS.  Sluggo (or any other Meta-Gnu) can
> experimentally verify it's good results and spur more research with
> such matches.
>
> So why not at least get SlugGo up and running on KGS?  Is there any 
> reason
> we can't do this?  It would be fun if our programs could play a few
> handicap games against Sluggo.
>
> - Don
Don, do I correctly understand the above to mean that you don't want to
play GNU Go or any variant in any tournament, but that you do want to
play against such programs for fun? And you make this decision based
upon how much work you put into your program?


Cheers,
David


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