I just defeated Hirabot12(2d) by resignation. This bot is not very strong, prone to making huge calculation errors in life-and-death situations ..
Gengyang On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:00 PM, <computer-go-requ...@computer-go.org> wrote: > Send Computer-go mailing list submissions to > computer-go@computer-go.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > computer-go-requ...@computer-go.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > computer-go-ow...@computer-go.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Computer-go digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: KGS bot tournaments - what are your opinions? (Tobias Graf) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:10:29 +0200 > From: Tobias Graf <gr...@gmx.de> > To: computer-go@computer-go.org > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] KGS bot tournaments - what are your > opinions? > Message-ID: <56164f25.8010...@gmx.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Hi, > just my 2 cents: > > 1. "Reducing computing power." Just let me quote the standings of the > last 9x9 tournament. > 1) 18 Cores > 2) 80 Cores > 3) 12 Cores > 4) 288 Cores > 5) 8 Cores > > Moreover, using the 18 cores of place number one is affordable to > everyone as Remi outlined. > > Still, i would compete in a few desktop-hardware-tournaments. It should > just have reasonable limits, there is no point to make a tournament on > raspberry pi's ;-) Maybe one of the slow-tournaments can be changed into > a desktop-hardware tournament. > > 2) stefan kaitschick proposed to "force a minimum time consumption on > the first moves of 9*9 games. It's annoying as a spectator to have the > first 8 moves or so just spit out on the board, forcing you to go back > to see what happened there." > I don't like forcing too many things. But it is a very good idea, so i > just added a one second book-delay to abakus. Maybe other authors find > this useful, too. > > Best, > Tobias > > On 10/07/2015 12:27 PM, Nick Wedd wrote: > > I am thinking of making some small changes to the way I run bot > > tournaments on KGS. If you have ever taken part in a KGS bot > > tournament, I would like to hear your opinions on three things. > > > > > > 1. Limit on processor power? > > > > This is the main point on which I want your opinions. The other two > > are trivial. > > > > Several people have suggested to me that these events would be fairer > > if there were a limit on the computing power of the entrants. I would > > like to do this, but I don't know how. I have little understanding of > > the terminology, I don't know how /e.g./ multiple cores in one > > computer compare with multiple computers on one network, and I don't > > know how to count a graphics card. /If/ someone can find a way to > > specify an upper limit to permitted power which is clear and easy to > > understand, and /if/ most entrants would favor imposing such a limit, > > I will discuss what it should be, and apply it. I am not able to > > check what entrants are really running on, but I will trust people. > > > > > > 2. Zeroes in the "Annual Championship" table. > > > > The table at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/annual/index.html has a 0 in > > a cell where a program competed but did not score, and a blank where > > it did not compete (at least it should do, I sometimes get it wrong). > > I would prefer to omit these zeroes, they seem a bit rude. Also there > > is no clear distinction between competing and not competing - how > > should I treat a program which crashes and disappears after two > > rounds, or one (like AyaMC last Sunday) which plays in every round but > > is broken and has no chance of winning? I realise that the zeroes > > some convey information that may be of interest. Should I continue to > > use them, or just leave those cells blank? > > > > > > 3. Live crosstable > > > > When I write up my reports, I include a crosstable, like the one near > > the top of http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/116/index.html . This is > > easy for me, I run a script which reads the data from the KGS page > > (http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?sort=s&id=990 in this case) > > and builds the crosstable in html, which I copy into the tournament > > report. It only works for Swiss (and maybe Round Robin) tournaments. > > It works while the tournament is still running, though only between > > rounds.I could build a current crosstable each round during a > > tournament if there is any demand for it. > > > > -- > > Nick Wedd mapr...@gmail.com <mailto:mapr...@gmail.com> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Computer-go mailing list > > Computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://computer-go.org/pipermail/computer-go/attachments/20151008/9cdf912a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > ------------------------------ > > End of Computer-go Digest, Vol 69, Issue 14 > ******************************************* >
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