I took my program and a small cluster to run it to the Cotsen Open in Los Angeles several times. There was even a specific prize for the highest placing program.
Cheers, David On 9, Aug 2011, at 9:21 AM, steve uurtamo wrote: > neat! is this regularly exercised? :) > > s. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:47 AM, David Fotland <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> More from the 1988 AGA tournament rules... >> >> D. Classes of computer participation. >> >> There shall be three types of tournament with respect to participation by >> computer programs. >> 1. Humans only -- no computer programs may compete. This fact must appear >> clearly on all pre-tournament announcements. >> 2. Human right to refuse computer program as opponent. >> >> a. The right to refuse to compete against a computer program must be >> exercised globally, at the time of registration. >> b. The player may play the program if the alternative is a bye. However, in >> this case the computer is a competitor, and both will be scored accordingly. >> >> >> 3. Open - no right to refuse any opponent. >> a. Computer programs are entered as any other player, and have the same >> rights as any other plaer. Such rights will be asserted and exercised by the >> owner of the program. >> b. Tournament announcements must clearly state the conditions. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of steve uurtamo >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 6:21 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Computer-go] KGS highest rank Bot >>> >>> kgs recently had a tournament where bots were allowed to play -- it >>> was on nonstandard-sized boards, and zen did fantastically well, >>> taking second place in the 21x21 tournament, in both american/european >>> and asian/european divisions. >>> >>> there are also a stable of people throwing themselves at zen in the >>> "computer go" room on kgs, solidifying its rank at 5d (as it slowly >>> creeps toward 6d). (to be clear, this is the version playing at >>> roughly (15s?/move), which in my experience is at-speed or slower than >>> most non-tournament play happens in practice without a clock, so >>> totally fair for humans to play at). so even if it can't play in human >>> tournaments, everyone knows that it is at least as strong as the >>> strongest 5d's on KGS. >>> >>> i think that it'd be great if bots could play in the 19x19 tournaments >>> on kgs. that is a far cry from playing as an actual player over the >>> board on a regular basis at regular tournaments. does anyone have an >>> example of *any* game that existed before computers where computers >>> have been accepted/allowed to play as a regular practice (instead of >>> as a highly debated issue?). >>> >>> s. >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Jouni Valkonen >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Ingo wrote: >The ranks you mention are from KGS. Is there something >>> like a >>>> KGS World Championship, let it be with or without prize money? >>> Winning such >>>> an online championship might be easier for a bot then winning "over >>> the >>>> board".> >>>> >>>> Is it allowed for gobots to participate to online Kgs tournaments? It >>> would >>>> very nice if they could. I think that there should be 2-4 places open >>> for >>>> gobots, because computer go is such an important aspect of go. >>>> >>>> Chessbots could participate into some offline tournaments until they >>> were >>>> too strong to play with humans. This is the best way to observe the >>>> development of gobots. >>>> >>>> -Jouni >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Computer-go mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Computer-go mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
