Hello, some time ago I had asked if discussions on "computer Havannah" were welcome here in the list. The reactions were positive, but (by different reasons) actors preferred not to use the opportunity.
In the meantime a "computer Havannah" scene has developed on the game server http://www.littlegolem.net There it is possible to play Havannah on many different board sizes (side lengths 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Active programmers are Thomas Reinhardt (D, with TOBRT), Richard Lorentz (US, with Wanderer), Richard Pijl (NL, with gambler), ab (=anonymous, D, with havai). On small boards (4 and 5) the computers are doing really well in the meantime, but from size 6 on their games look strange. It is also possible to run *** GO bots *** there, for instance Gnugo is doing so. **************************************************** Some more information on LittleGolem: * Registration is required, but it is without cost, easy, and without complications. * Thinking time per move is 36 hours in the average (with a buffer of 240 hours; and 20 days of vacation per year). * It is good style to choose names of the type "xxx_c" for computer accounts. If you do not do this, you should write at least in the profile that a computer is playing. * Some participants on LittleGolem are not playing, but only participating in the interesting fora (one general forum; one special forum for each game). For new players it reqires to have some games completed, otherwise you can not write, but only read. (This is a measure against spam bots.) * At the moment there is, for each player, only one go rating (showing performance on 9, 13, 19) and only one Havannah performance, mixed over all board sizes. But I think there is some hope that this general rating will be split in size-dependent ratings again. Feel free to join LittleGolem. Ingo. PS: My account on Little Golem is "Ingo Althofer". http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/info/player.jsp?plid=11860 -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
