Hi Ray, GTP is a strictly asymmetric protocol, not intended to be used directly between players. The specification draft http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gunnar/gtp/gtp2-spec-draft2/gtp2-spec.html expresses this clearly (1.3 Communication Model): "The protocol is asymmetric and involves two parties, which we call controller and engine. The controller is typically some kind of arbiter or relay and the engine is typically a go playing program. All communication is initiated by the controller in form of commands, to which the engine responds."
So if you want to let two instances of Go players play each other, you need some controller in between, possibly split in two halves, one half on either side of a network connection, with a separate protocol for communication between the two controllers. This is the usual situation when two programs are playing on a (remote) Go server. Hellwig _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
