Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-08 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <4b19af5b.462%hideki_ka...@ybb.ne.jp>, Hideki Kato writes Nick Wedd: <5earkjc29mflf...@maproom.demon.co.uk>: Many thanks to Hideki Kato for providing the results of the UEC Cup. For those who cannot read Japanese, this is invaluable. I wonder if anyone knows what happened in the GPW

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-05 Thread Hideki Kato
Darren Cook: <4b1af9bd.3020...@dcook.org>: >> Rank NameAuthor Score* >> ... >> 11 Katsunari Shinich Sei 2 >> >> Katsunari used alpha-beta search and the others used MCTS. > >Katsunari came second at the UEC cup, but last at GPW Cup.

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-05 Thread Darren Cook
> Rank NameAuthor Score* > ... > 11Katsunari Shinich Sei 2 > > Katsunari used alpha-beta search and the others used MCTS. Katsunari came second at the UEC cup, but last at GPW Cup. I know there was some grumbling over the seeding

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-04 Thread Hideki Kato
Nick Wedd: <5earkjc29mflf...@maproom.demon.co.uk>: >Many thanks to Hideki Kato for providing the results of the UEC Cup. For >those who cannot read Japanese, this is invaluable. > >I wonder if anyone knows what happened in the GPW Cup, played in Hakone >two weeks earlier? Thank you very much and

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-02 Thread Nick Wedd
Many thanks to Hideki Kato for providing the results of the UEC Cup. For those who cannot read Japanese, this is invaluable. I wonder if anyone knows what happened in the GPW Cup, played in Hakone two weeks earlier? Nick -- Nick Weddn...@maproom.co.uk _

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-01 Thread Stefan Kaitschick
- From: "Mark Boon" To: "computer-go" Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup Well, I suppose this is a lesson that every computer-Go programmer learns one day or another: always have a way to accept any move, no ma

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-01 Thread Hideki Kato
Willemien: : >What happened exactly? > >a superko violation which was legal under Japanese rules ? Yes. Jpanese rules inhibit just a simple ko. If a move is not a ko but a superko move, that move is legal under Japanese rules. >It sounds like a contradiction. >(if it is legal it is no violati

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-12-01 Thread Willemien
What happened exactly? a superko violation which was legal under Japanese rules ? It sounds like a contradiction. (if it is legal it is no violation and if it is a violation it is not legal) Are the games published? On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Stefan Kaitschick wrote: >> Crazy Stone (CS)

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-11-30 Thread Mark Boon
Well, I suppose this is a lesson that every computer-Go programmer learns one day or another: always have a way to accept any move, no matter whether your bot thinks it's legal or not. I don't see how this is an indictment, the rules are what they are. For every player. It's not as if this was a l

Re: [computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-11-30 Thread Stefan Kaitschick
Crazy Stone (CS) lost the first game due to a wrong ko setting. The opponent of CS played a superko violation which was legal under Japanese rules, and CS lost the game by a faul. The most devastating indictment against japanese rules I've seen so far. Stefan ___

[computer-go] KCC won the 3rd UEC Cup

2009-11-29 Thread Hideki Kato
Official results of the second day: KCC Igo 1 Katsunari 2 Zen 3 Shikosakugo 4 Many Faces of Go5 Erica 6 Kiseki 7 Galileo 8 Crazy Stone 9 Aya 10 GOGATAKI11 Rock12 Nomitan 13 Kinoa Igo 14 boon15 Ker