On 18 May 2016 at 17:31, Xavier Combelle <xavier.combe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> AFter watching that it was a 13x13 tournament I would say that the more > probable is that KGS don't know how to handle handicap tournament with > small board > That's a possibility. So I should run a test 19x19 tournament. I still need a volunteer Ranked Robot to test the format. Nick > > 2016-05-18 18:30 GMT+02:00 Xavier Combelle <xavier.combe...@gmail.com>: > >> According to https://www.gokgs.com/help/_fr_FR/tournMcMahon.html McMahon >> avoid high handicap. You could also setup a swiss with handicap tournament >> >> 2016-05-18 18:06 GMT+02:00 Nick Wedd <mapr...@gmail.com>: >> >>> I had been persuaded, by postings to this list, to run the monthly KGS >>> bot tournaments with a McMahon division. >>> >>> I now think that this probably won't work. I have run a test McMahon >>> tournament. No handicaps were assigned, or reported in the results. This >>> *may* have been because none of the entrants had a confirmed rating >>> (one had a ? rating, four were unrated), but I doubt it. Even if all the >>> players were treated as having the same initial rating (probably 8k, where >>> I had set the lower bar), handicaps should have been used by the final >>> rounds. >>> >>> You can see the results at >>> http://www.gokgs.com/tournEntrants.jsp?sort=n&id=1040 >>> >>> I will be willing to run another test tournament, today or tomorrow, if >>> someone can provide a "Ranked Robot" to help with the test. It should be >>> able to beat gnugo3pt8 consistently, and should preferably be willing to >>> play 9x9 Go. All you need to do is leave it running on KGS in tournament >>> mode, and email me with its name. I have left gnugo3pt8 running, to >>> restore its confirmed rating. >>> >>> Nick >>> -- >>> Nick Wedd mapr...@gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Computer-go mailing list >>> Computer-go@computer-go.org >>> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > -- Nick Wedd mapr...@gmail.com
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