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

[Don Dailey]

An observation:   When computers get strong enough to be a threat to the
stronger players in these tournaments (which is probably already the case),
 tournaments will end up all being Class A.   It will become a default.
Even being called "Class A" (no computers) will make it the defacto
standard.    If you didn't know the difference would you rather tell your
friends you were in a "class A" tournament or a "class C" tournament?
They built some bias into the rules for this just by their naming
convention.   Of course it is their right to make the rules,   this is just
an observation.

Years ago in computer chess there were very similar rules about when a
computer could participate and it was basically up to the discretion of the
organizer - but the default policy was NO,  it had to be stated if they
were allowed.     Almost immediately that closed the doors on computers
playing at almost every event.

I think there are 2 or 3 improvements here to what we had in chess, such as
the possibility of Class C tournaments.    I also like that computers
should not be given additional consideration such as time-outs for hardware
issues - that only serves to antagonize people who don't care about
computers and have to suffer the scheduling consequences.    I also agree
that computers should not win prize money.

To be perfectly frank about this my own experience with bringing my own
chess program to tournaments has been rather negative and I tend to side
with the human players who come expecting to play other humans even if they
don't (or forget) to say so.    So it makes sense (to me) that there should
only be class A and class C tournaments.

Class C tournaments should be organized specifically for computer
participation with a kind of equal status between computers and humans.
 Humans can be enticed to come to these with the right incentives.      One
incentive is that computers can win prize money but that a portion (or all)
of it is distributed to whoever played the computer.

Don



The TD should also announce the class of tournament before first round
pairings.

> 1. Class A: no computer entrants allowed.
>
2. Class B: computers allowed, but humans have the right to refuse computer
> opponents.
>
Humans wishing to do so must notify the TD before first round pairings.
>
3. Class C: computers allowed; humans may not refuse computer opponents.
>

>
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