[Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

[Nick Wedd]

On 03/01/2012 11:25, Petr Baudis wrote:

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>> Have the courage to
>> compete under human conditions! Enter human tournaments!
>
> That's easy to say.  Do you know a tournament where a program can enter?
> I have tried few times with Pachi, never successfully yet. I think some
> other authors tried as well in the past.

Many years ago, when running a Go tournament for humans, I allowed a 
program to enter.  It only played in rounds in which the number of human 
entrants was odd, so as to avoid byes (I thought, "surely playing a game 
against a program is better than sitting around reading a newspaper for 
a round?").  But I was reprimanded by the British Go Association, and 
told never to do this again.

Nick
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