Are the games archived? Does the public have access to those archives?
Ingo Althöfer wrote:
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.
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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
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