[Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

[Robert Solovay]

What KGS room will the games be played in?

What is Tromp's KGS handle?
 On Jan 11, 2012 11:24 PM, "Darren Cook" <darren at dcook.org> wrote:

> The details on the GoBet II match have now been finalized. It will start
> this Friday evening (in U.S.; Saturday morning in Japan).
>
> >  When: During January 2012 (exactly when will be announced soon)
>
> New York time (for John):
>  Fri, Jan 13, 8pm
>  Sat, Jan 14, 8pm
>  Sun, Jan 15, 8pm
>  Mon, Jan 16, 8pm     #If 2-1
>  Wed, Jan 18, 8pm     #If 2-2
>
> Japan time (for Zen, also for Darren):
>  Sat, Jan 14, 10am
>  Sun, Jan 15, 10am
>  Mon, Jan 16, 10am
>  Tue, Jan 17, 10am    #If 2-1
>  Thu, Jan 19, 10am    #If 2-2
>
> (UTC times for each game is 1am (on same date as the Japan times), so
> not good for those in Europe, sorry)
>
> >  Hardware: (to be announced)
>
> KGS Account Name for Zen: Zen19N
>
> Operator: Hideki Kato
>
> Hardware: a dual 6-core Xeon X5680 (over-clocked to 4.2Ghz)
>
> With the over-clocking, this hardware is slightly more than twice as
> fast as the Amazon EC2 instance used for the London go bet. (Six to
> seven times faster than the notebook used for the first two games in
> that match.)
> (A doubling in 12 months is a bit ahead of Moore's Law; but we were
> underpowered last year, relative to what I had hoped to use.)
>
> Hardware cost estimate: 350,000 yen (about US$4375 currently)
>
> Fascinating Trivia: John claims not to be worried about starting the
> match on Friday The Thirteenth, as he was born on one!
>
> Darren
>
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