[Computer-go] 2011 KGS bot tournaments

[Hideki Kato]

David Fotland: <009501cba9f2$45e61f00$d1b25d00$@com>:
>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.

Same for me but I like simpler formula to compute the total points 
for the Championship.  How about ignoring the board sizes, 
time-settings, and the number of rounds of each tournament, ie, just 
using the number of players?

Hideki

>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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>> Nick Wedd    nick at maproom.co.uk
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