[computer-go] Mass estimation of game results?

[Adrian Petrescu <adrianp@xxxxxxxxx>]

A friend and I are in the process of compiling a fairly large database 
of amateur games from Go Servers, like IGS, KGS, etc. We recently came 
into a collection of about 30,000 IGS games but they have a slight 
problem -- they are all missing an RE[] tag, so they are heavily 
decreased in value for a database. What I was thinking of doing is 
writing a small script to run all of their final positions through 
GnuGo's score estimator, and trust it. Some of them will be wrong, I 
know, but most of them will be correct, so it is a sacrifice I am 
willing to make. The only difficulty I can foresee is knowing how the 
game ended -- GnuGo will give me an estimate, but it cannot know if 
White or Black resigned at some point, for example. My question, really, 
is if anyone knows of a program or script that will tell whether a game 
is completed -- that is to say, it is at a stage where only dame points 
are left, all territory is decided, etc. This way, I can run a game 
through both GnuGo and that program, and if the game is not finished, I 
will take GnuGo's estimation as a +Resign, and if it is, I will trust 
GnuGo's score estimate.

Or, if there is an even better way to automate the mass estimation of a 
bunch of sgf's, I'll gladly listen to any suggestions of that variety as 
well =)

Thanks in advance,
Adrian Petrescu (Hikaru79)
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