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

[steve uurtamo]

i think that kgs players might be more open-minded about this.

s.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Nick Wedd <nick at maproom.co.uk> wrote:
> On 03/01/2012 11:25, Petr Baudis wrote:
>
> < snip >
>
>
>>> 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
> --
> Nick Wedd
> nick at maproom.co.uk
>
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