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

["Ingo Althöfer"]

Hello,

I am in charge of organizing the computer go parts of the European
Go Congress 2012. 
Before asking the main congress organizers if they were willing to allow
a computer player in the main tournament I would like to make sure that
- when allowed - really a programmer with a strong bot shows up.
So, programmers of strong bots: Feel free to contact me soon (best
by email - I will treat them confidential) if you are willing to come
to Bonn. Your machine may be remote, but you or a member of your team
should be in Bonn to operate the program.
Some of the strong programs that come to my mind as possible participants
are (in rather random order) Zen, CrazyStone, Steenvreter (Bonn is not very 
far from the NL), Erica, ManyFaces, Pachi, MoGo, Aya, Gomorra.

Of course, such a participation would mean that each human participant
has to declare at the start of the tournament whether he/she is willing to
be paired against the bot - and these declarations have to be obeyed.
Also, computer participants should be excluded from prize money.

Jouni wrote:
> ... I would love to see strong gobot playing in EGC 2012 main
> tournament. Of course there is lots of organizing thing to do, but those
> two evil gobots are good enough and still not yet too good to participate
> into serious human tournaments with long thinking times.
 

EGC 2012 takes place in Bonn (Germany, Rhine area), starting on July 21,
and ending on August 04, 2012. The open tournament has 10 rounds, see at:
http://www.egc2012.eu/congress/tournaments/open-european-championship

In case of a/one computer participant in the main tournament I am willing
to help by providing a present for each human player who plays the computer.

Ingo.
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