[Computer-go] 2011 KGS bot tournaments

[David Fotland]

I like this proposal.  I hope you also continue the annual championship.
That should boost participation.  These tournaments are a tremendous boon to
the computer go community, and I'm really happy you are continuing them.

I prefer the January tournament to be 19x19, because otherwise I have to
spend a lot of time this week working on a 9x9 book.  I'd prefer to have
more time to develop and test a book before the next 9x9 tournament.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: computer-go-bounces at dvandva.org [mailto:computer-go-
> bounces at dvandva.org] On Behalf Of Nick Wedd
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 12:03 PM
> To: computer-go at dvandva.org
> Subject: [Computer-go] 2011 KGS bot tournaments
> 
> Now that I am back from London (the man/machine challenge, and
> refereeing the London Open Go Tournament), I must urgently plan the
> schedule of KGS bot tournaments for 2011.
> 
> It will be something like the 2010 schedule (see
> http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/future.html ), but with four "slow"
> tournaments instead of one.  The time limits for these four tournaments
> will be 12 hours, eight hours, six hours, and four hours per player.  At
> the request of some European players, these will start at two hours
> before midnight GMT, rather than at midnight as in the past.
> 
> The regular monthly tournaments will as usual be on Sundays, one per
> month, generally early in each month.  There will be six 19x19, probably
> two 13x13, and probably four 9x9.  There will be a variety of time
> settings, much as in 2010.
> 
> I expect the next monthly tournament to be on Sunday January 8th, and to
> be 19x19.
> 
> If anyone wishes to influence my decisions about the schedule, please
> let me know very soon.
> 
> Nick
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