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

[Petr Baudis]

On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 04:02:18PM +0000, Nick Wedd wrote:
> On 03/01/2012 15:19, terry mcintyre wrote:
> >Does KGS support the ability to challenge a specific opponent?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>  Could
> >computer programs respond to such challenges, modulo specific criteria
> >such as player rank, games per period, notoriety, etc?
> 
> Bots playing on KGS cannot, I believe, accept existing challenges.

They can, using mode=wait and the 'opponent' variable.

With little work, it would be possible to make e.g. a web-based
challenging system where you could choose challengers in a more
controlled way than KGS offers. kgsGtp would terminate after each game
and be restarted with a newly generated config file with the appropriate
opponent settings. It's just a matter of spending time on it. I didn't
feel the incentive since Pachi is not so strong yet. ;-)

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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