The October 2009 KGS computer Go tournament will be this Sunday, October
4th, in the Asian evening, European morning and afternoon, and American
night, starting at 08:00 UTC/GMT (09:00 BST) and ending at 16:00 UTC/GMT
(17:00 BST).
There will only be one division. It will be an 8-round Swiss with 19x19
boards and 29 minutes each of main time. It will use Chinese rules with
7.5 points komi, and a fast "Canadian Overtime", of 25 moves in 30
seconds. There are details at http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=481.
Registration is now open. To enter, please read and follow the
instructions at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/how/index.html. The rules
are given at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/rules.html. Your bot need not
be strong to enter, indeed weak and new bots are particularly welcome.
Please send your registration email (with the words "KGS Tournament
Registration" in the title) to me at maproom at gmail dot com (converted
to a valid address in the obvious way).
Nick
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Nick Wedd n...@maproom.co.uk
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