[Computer-go] April KGS bot tournament, 13x13

[Nick Wedd]

Hi Urban,

As a general guideline for how strong a bot must be to enter these events,
I say it should
only enter if it has a reasonable chance of beating GNU Go, which at KGS 7k
is weaker
than any of the regular players.  If you have implemented kgsGtp, you could
run your bot
on KGS against human players to see how strong it is - if you want "rated
bot" status for
a stable version of it, I can encourage the admin who can assign this
status.

Best wishes,

Nick

On 31 March 2015 at 13:00, Urban Hafner <contact at urbanhafner.com> wrote:

> Thank you for organising this for so many years, Nick! I think the email
> is a bit wrong though.
>
> Here's the link to the actual tournament:
> http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=955
>
> It's also not 19x19, but (at least according to the KGS page) it's 13x13.
> :)
>
> Now on to my actual question: Are any of the other developers of new bots
> interested in joining? I JUST got around to implementing UCT and it would
> be rather boring to enter if I know with 100% certainty that I will loose
> all my games.
>
> Urban
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Nick Wedd <maproom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The April KGS bot tournament will be this Sunday, April 5th, starting at
>> 08:00 UTC and ending by 14:00 UTC.  It will use 19x19 boards, with time
>> limits of 9 minutes each plus fast Canadian overtime, and komi of 7.5.
>> There are details at http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=95
>> <http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=942>5
>>
>> I apologise for the short notice. March seems to have passed unusually
>> fast.
>>
>> Please register by emailing me, with the words "KGS Tournament
>> Registration" in the email title, at maproom at gmail.com .
>>
>> --
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