[computer-go] Fourth KGS tournament: results

[Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The results of the 4th KGS Computer Go tournament are now at
http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/4/index.html

Congratulations to the winners, Aya and tlsBot!

I have not "closed" (in KGS's sense) the Open division, because there is 
a problem with it.  I would like to award gonzoBot a win in its 
final-round game against Go81 (it killed all of Go81's stones), but the 
system has recorded this as a win for Go81, and I don't have the power 
to change this result myself.  There is more about the problem in the 
above-cited report.  I expect this particular problem won't recur, it 
was caused by a bug in Gonzo which will be fixed, but I still find it 
odd than I can overrule a game result in all but the final round.

I am unsure whether it was right of me to enter a version of GNU Go 
myself.  Reasons in favour:
  The more entrants, the better
  People like to see their bots compete against GNU Go
  It is no extra work for me, my PC is connected anyway
Reasons against:
  The GNU Go was eight months old, a recent one would play better
  As organiser, I ought not to help a program like this
I will welcome views on this, particularly from GNU Go developers.

Nick
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