[Computer-go] Great Triumph for Zen !

[Hideki Kato]

Lukas van de Wiel: <CAK4iS=i_7hX7JVqfO0FVO93q8rfW6qR3UzxkRMmsgv0CcpRRGA at mail.gmail.com>:
>Dear Hideki,
>
>thank you for the information on the hardware. Such a modest
>configuration makes the performance of Zen even more extraordinary!
>
>It makes me curious whether it would be possible for the algorithms to
>scale up to say, for example, a 100 CPU cluster and to defeat the
>professional human player hands down...

I strongly believe no.  Perhaps, because the simulations of Zen have 
less variance, the performance boost by my root parallel code (and the 
hardware) is getting smaller on every version up :(.

Hideki

>Kind regards
>Lukas
>
>
>On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Hideki Kato <hideki_katoh at ybb.ne.jp> wrote:
>> The byo-yomi for the 19x19 games was changed to 30 seconds.
>>
>> Hideki
>>
>> Ingo Althöfer: <20120317175501.230160 at gmx.net>:
>>>Hi Richard,
>>
>>>
>>
>>>on March 2, Hideki posted here the first announcement. See at
>>
>>>
>>
>>>http://dvandva.org/pipermail/computer-go/2012-March/004852.html
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>>>
>>
>>>Cheers, Ingo.
>>
>>>
>>
>>>-------- Original-Nachricht --------
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>>>> Datum: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:38:00 -0700
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>>>> Von: "Richard J. Lorentz" <lorentz at csun.edu>
>>
>>>> An: "computer-go at dvandva.org" <computer-go at dvandva.org>
>>
>>>> Betreff: Re: [Computer-go] Great Triumph for Zen !
>>
>>>
>>
>>>> Can somebody say a bit more about what the event was, where it took
>>
>>>> place, what the time controls were, etc. Or point me to the mail message
>>
>>>> where this was already discussed in case I'm being my usual oblivious
>>
>>>> self.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> -Richard
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> On 3/17/2012 1:18 AM, "Ingo Althöfer" wrote:
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>>>> > Hello,
>>
>>>> > right now the two exhibition games between Takemiya Masaki (9p)
>>
>>>> > and program Zen took place. Zen won both games:
>>
>>>> > with 10 points at handicap 5,
>>
>>>> > and also the second game at handicap 4, even with 20 points.
>>
>>>> >
>>
>>>> > Congratulations to the Zen team, to Yamato San
>>
>>>> > and to Hideki Kato! Great work!
>>
>>>> >
>>
>>>> > You can find sgf and diagrams of ManyFaces analysis (scores,
>>
>>>> > winrates) of game 2 at
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>>>> > http://www.dgob.de/yabbse/index.php?topic=4648.0
>>
>>>> >
>>
>>>> > What a day...
>>
>>>> > Ingo.
>>
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