Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup will be held tomorrow

2021-03-21 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Hi, After final 5 round, VisionGo won. 1st VisionGo 5-0 2nd RankaGo 3-2 3rd KataGo3-2 4th DaPangGo 3-2 5th ChaoRanGo 1-5 6th Kohada0-6 Ran Kat Vis Cha Koh Dap Wins Rank RankaGo1 0 1 1 0 32 KataGo 0 0 1 1 1 33 VisionGo 1

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2017-03-19 Thread fotland
Fine Art is very, very strong. -Original Message- From: Computer-go [mailto:computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Hiroshi Yamashita Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 10:38 PM To: computer-go@computer-go.org Subject: Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day Final is Fine Art vs Zen

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2017-03-19 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
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Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2017-03-18 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
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Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2017-03-18 Thread Hideki Kato
Dear Ingo, Fine Art is developed by a team in Tencent, a big IT company at Beijing, China. Fine Art has been running on Fox-Go, a Chinese internet Go site, where many strong pros in China, Korea and Japan are playing, including Ka Jie and Yuta Iyama. Fine Art has beaten pros at about 90% in fast

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2017-03-18 Thread Hideki Kato
Dear Ingo, Fine Art is developed by a team in Tencent, a big IT company at Beijing, China. Fine Art has been running on Fox-Go, a Chinese internet Go site, where many strong pros in China, Korea and Japan are playing, including Ka Jie and Yuta Iyama. Fine Art has beaten pros at about 90% in fast

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2017-03-18 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hello, in Germany's computer go forum, Tom (alias Bonobo) has posted two Youtube links for games of the current UEC Cup: FineArt vs. DeepZenGo: https://youtu.be/4uVaAVRhJxg CrazyStone vs. FineArt: https://youtu.be/DwwseY2R_Oc Cheers, Ingo. ___ Compute

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2017-03-18 Thread Hideki Kato
Dear Ingo, Fine Art is developed by a team in Tencent, a big IT company at Beijing, China. Fine Art has been running on Fox-Go, a Chinese internet Go site, where many strong pros in China, Korea and Japan are playing, including Ka Jie and Yuta Iyama. Fine Art has beaten pros at about 90% in

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2017-03-18 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hi Darren, thank you for the info. So, is "Fine Art" the long-awaited Chinese dark rider which had been announced already for the end of 2016? Regards, Ingo. > Gesendet: Samstag, 18. März 2017 um 20:02 Uhr > Von: "Darren Cook" > > > Can you say something more on "Fine Art"? > > From which co

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2017-03-18 Thread Darren Cook
> Can you say something more on "Fine Art"? > From which country is it? Who is Tencent? Tencent is a very big Chinese Internet company; it is described here as the largest gaming company in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent Darren ___

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2017-03-18 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Dear Hiroshi, thank you for your posting. Can you say something more on "Fine Art"? From which country is it? Who is Tencent? Is the "UEC-Zen" version similar to the one that will play in the World Championships next week? Who is the team behind Rayn? Questions over questions ... exciting time

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup broadcast info

2017-03-17 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
ubject: Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup broadcast info Individual games can be watched by logging-in the NNGS server using some NNGS client program such as Jago. See official page http://www.computer-go.jp/uec/public_html/eng/network.shtml for the name of the server, which is global this year. NB: Pl

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup broadcast info

2017-03-16 Thread Hideki Kato
Individual games can be watched by logging-in the NNGS server using some NNGS client program such as Jago. See official page http://www.computer-go.jp/uec/public_html/eng/network.shtml for the name of the server, which is global this year. NB: Please leave enough bandwidth for the entrants.

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-24 Thread Álvaro Begué
I have used TensorFlow to train a CNN that predicts the next move, with a similar architecture to what others have used (1 layers of 5x5 convolutions followed by 10 more layers of 3x3 convolutions, with 192 hidden units per layer and ReLU activation functions) but with much simpler inputs. I found

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-24 Thread Darren Cook
Thanks for the very interesting replies, David, and Remi. No-one is using TensorFlow, then? Any reason not to? (I'm just curious because there looks to be a good Udacity DNN course (https://www.udacity.com/course/deep-learning--ud730), which I was considering, but it is using TensorFlow.) Remi w

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-24 Thread Rémi Coulom
t him share it if he wants to. David > -Original Message- > From: Computer-go [mailto:computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of > Darren Cook > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 5:19 AM > To: computer-go@computer-go.org > Subject: *****SPAM* Re: [Computer-go] UE

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-23 Thread Darren Cook
David Fotland wrote: > There are 12 programs here that have deep neural nets. 2 were not > qualified for the second day, and six of them made the final 8. Many > Faces has very basic DNN support, but it’s turned off because it > isn’t making the program stronger yet. Only Dolburam and Many Faces

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-22 Thread 甲斐徳本
game (vs Zen) will be played with 2 > stones. #Not announced yet. > > Hideki > > >Thanks in advance, Ingo. > > > > > >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. März 2016 um 07:41 Uhr > >> Von: "Hiroshi Yamashita" > >> An: computer-go@computer-go.org

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day (Hiroshi Yamashita)

2016-03-21 Thread Dennis Wheeler
+0900 From: "Hiroshi Yamashita" To: Subject: Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";     reply-type=response Zen won against darkforest 1st Zen 2nd darkforest 3rd CrazyStone 4th Aya Hiroshi Yamashita

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread Hideki Kato
the second game (vs Zen) will be played with 2 stones. #Not announced yet. Hideki >Thanks in advance, Ingo. > > >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. März 2016 um 07:41 Uhr >> Von: "Hiroshi Yamashita" >> An: computer-go@computer-go.org >> Betreff: Re: [Compute

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread Hideki Kato
inal result >> 1st Zen >> 2nd darkforest >> 3rd CrazyStone >> 4th Aya >> >> >Are there any games available? (SGFs)? > >Regards, >Pawel > > > >> >> - Original Message - From: ""Ingo Althöfer"" <3-hirn-ve

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread 甲斐徳本
gt; > *From:* Computer-go [mailto:computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] *On > Behalf Of *Pawel Morawiecki > *Sent:* Sunday, March 20, 2016 1:57 AM > *To:* computer-go@computer-go.org > > *Subject:* Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day > > > > Hi, > > > Final result &

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread David Fotland
I have sgf’s of the Many Faces’ games, but I finished 8th. I don’t have the top games. From: Computer-go [mailto:computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Pawel Morawiecki Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 1:57 AM To: computer-go@computer-go.org Subject: Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread David Fotland
There are 12 programs here that have deep neural nets. 2 were not qualified for the second day, and six of them made the final 8. Many Faces has very basic DNN support, but it’s turned off because it isn’t making the program stronger yet. Only Dolburam and Many Faces don’t have DNN in the fin

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread Paweł Morawiecki
sday. >> >> Will those games be transmitted on KGS? >> Has it been decided alreay which handicap? >> >> Thanks in advance, Ingo. >> >> >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. März 2016 um 07:41 Uhr >>> Von: "Hiroshi Yamashita" >&g

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
o Althöfer"" <3-hirn-ver...@gmx.de> To: Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day Hi Hiroshi, thanks for the many updates. On another site I read that the bits on rank 1 and 2 will play exhibition matches against a pro player on

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-20 Thread Ingo Althöfer
20. März 2016 um 07:41 Uhr > Von: "Hiroshi Yamashita" > An: computer-go@computer-go.org > Betreff: Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day > > Zen won against darkforest > > 1st Zen > 2nd darkforest > 3rd Cra

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-19 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Zen won against darkforest 1st Zen 2nd darkforest 3rd CrazyStone 4th Aya Hiroshi Yamashita ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day

2016-03-19 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Zen won against CrazyStone. darkforest won against Aya. Final is Zen - darkforest Hiroshi Yamashita - Original Message - From: "Hiroshi Yamashita" To: Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 12:34 PM Subject: [Computer-go] UEC cup 2nd day darkforest won against CGI. CrazyStone won against D

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Today's tournament table is https://twitter.com/math26/status/711190391098187776 (Thanks Shinoda-san). Holmes got Originality award. Holmes does both Policy Network and playout on 8 GPUs. Playouts are done by 256 mini-batches. 256 playouts are executed simultaneously. Thanks, Hiroshi Yamashita

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread Wu Ti-Rong
We are updating our page: http://aigames.nctu.edu.tw/~icwu/CGI.html. The current version in UEC is CGI 2.0 (or DeepCGI) as described in this page (also including the contributors). The main contribution for Amigo (nothing to do with nicego) is to design a general MCTS framework that many game pro

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
r"" <3-hirn-ver...@gmx.de> To: Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result Hello Hiroshi, thanks for the information. WHo are the peolbe behind CGI Go? Which hardware is used by the top participants in UEC cup? Ingo. Gesendet: Sams

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread Nick Wedd
On 19 March 2016 at 14:40, "Ingo Althöfer" <3-hirn-ver...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hello Hiroshi, > > thanks for the information. > > WHo are the peolbe behind CGI Go? > > According to http://computer-go.info/db/oprog.php?a=CGI : Written by: Wu, I-Chen & Wu, Ti-Rong & Chen, Guan-Wen & Shih, Chung-Chin &

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread Petr Baudis
I think they are https://github.com/CGI-LAB http://www.aigames.nctu.edu.tw/ e.g. NiceGo, Amigo programs in the past. I'm curious if they are mainly reimplementing the AlphaGo paper or doing something else. On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 03:40:06PM +0100, "Ingo Althöfer" wrote: > Hello

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hello Hiroshi, thanks for the information. WHo are the peolbe behind CGI Go? Which hardware is used by the top participants in UEC cup? Ingo. > Gesendet: Samstag, 19. März 2016 um 14:32 Uhr > Von: "Hiroshi Yamashita" > An: computer-go@computer-go.org > Betreff: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day r

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread Rémi Coulom
http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/eng/result1.html On 19 mars 2016, at 23:10, James Guo wrote: > Show the official web site link? > From: Hiroshi Yamashita > To: computer-go@computer-go.org > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 9:32 PM > Subject: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result > > There are 32 pa

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result

2016-03-19 Thread James Guo
Show the official web site link? From: Hiroshi Yamashita To: computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 9:32 PM Subject: [Computer-go] UEC cup 1st day result There are 32 participants, include one guest GNU GO. After 7 swiss round, 1st CGI        7-0 2nd CrazyStone 6

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-25 Thread Kahn Jonas
Computer Go progress has stopped? http://www.sankei.com/life/news/150323/lif1503230014-n1.html Cho Chikun plays computer with handicaps game. http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO84490320X10C15A300/ Cho Chikun, a win, a lose against computer. http://dd.hokkaido-np.co.jp/entertainment/igo-shogi/

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-23 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Hi, Some Japanese newspaper wrote articles about densei-sen. Computer Go progress has stopped? http://www.sankei.com/life/news/150323/lif1503230014-n1.html Cho Chikun plays computer with handicaps game. http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO84490320X10C15A300/ Cho Chikun, a win, a lose against

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-17 Thread Petr Baudis
Hi! On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 09:47:43AM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote: > A few blurry photos I took: > > > http://pasky-jp.soup.io/post/556768169/UEC-Cup-2015-exhibition-game-was-between > > http://pasky-jp.soup.io/post/556769031/The-prize-winners-Right-of-Remi-is > http://pasky-j

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-17 Thread Stefan Kaitschick
> > DolBaram won the 4-handicap game against Cho Chikun 9p! > > ..but unfortunately, CrazyStone lost the 3-handicap game against > Cho Chikun. It made a dubious choice in the opening, but my guess > is that more importantly, a corner semeai with approach liberty was > left in one corner throughout

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-17 Thread Petr Baudis
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 07:00:02AM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 06:37:14PM +0900, Rémi Coulom wrote: > > Tomorrow, the handicap will be 4 stones for DolBaram, and 3 stones for > > Crazy Stone. > > DolBaram won the 4-handicap game against Cho Chikun 9p! ..but unfortunately,

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Petr Baudis
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 06:37:14PM +0900, Rémi Coulom wrote: > Tomorrow, the handicap will be 4 stones for DolBaram, and 3 stones for Crazy > Stone. DolBaram won the 4-handicap game against Cho Chikun 9p! Petr Baudis ___

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Kahn Jonas
Here is a partial game record I saved during the game. I am sorry I did not save the full game as sgf. It is on the nngs server of the UEC, so I might be able to get it tomorrow. Crazy Stone invaded too deeply, and died. Thank you Rémi! That was a very surprising game. I would have sworn tha

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Stefan Kaitschick
What an unfortunate game against the human opponent. The trouble started early with the tight low pincer at move 12. The way black could press down on that move is what created the incentive for CS to play the totally unreasonable invasion on the right a little later. Stefan On Mon, Mar 16, 201

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Aja Huang
Hi Hideki, 2015-03-16 11:34 GMT+00:00 Hideki Kato : > > #So far, Zen often lost territory and built thickness in early stages > and revesed in hte middle. However, rivals are quickly getting stronger > while top two are almost standing :-( these a few years, it's also > getting harder to reverse.

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Lukas van de Wiel
Dear Hikedi, thank you for the insight. I stand corrected. Also thank you for the SGF file. Cheers Lukas On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Hideki Kato wrote: > Lukasz, > > They are not newcomers. See KGS Annual championship ranking, for > example. Nomitan and DolBaram have KGS rank 3d and 5d

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Hideki Kato
Lukasz, They are not newcomers. See KGS Annual championship ranking, for example. Nomitan and DolBaram have KGS rank 3d and 5d, resp. in blitz games. #DolBaram registered last UEC Cup but didn't come to the venue :D The reason Zen lost against Nomitan was, as far as I've studied, just a ha

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread 村松正和
As for the game records in the UEC Cup, we are checking them manually because there are some garbage in the SGF files saved by the NNGS server. It will take several days to clear them all to publish on our Web page. Sorry. By the way, as a side information, Sakakibara kun is a 7d in Tygem. Best

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Rémi Coulom
Here is a partial game record I saved during the game. I am sorry I did not save the full game as sgf. It is on the nngs server of the UEC, so I might be able to get it tomorrow. Crazy Stone invaded too deeply, and died. Tomorrow, the handicap will be 4 stones for DolBaram, and 3 stones for Cra

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread 村松正和
2015-03-16 17:47 GMT+09:00 Petr Baudis : > > I got the impression that O Meien is part of the GoTrend team. > Is that correct? Does anyone know any details about GoTrend? > (Is it a university or commercial project? Any interesting algorithms?) > Yes, he is. In fact, O Meien sensei and Shi-Jim Y

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Lukas van de Wiel
Thank you for the frequent updates and the pictures. I am most curious to learn why it is that Zen, who usually ends up very high in these competitions, has been defeated by two newcomers in the field. What are Dolbaram and Nomitam doing differently?... Cheers Lukas On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 9:58

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Kahn Jonas
UEC student won a exhibition game against CrazyStone without handicap. Thank you for keeping us in touch, Hiroshi! Sad for Zen, nice for Nomitan and nice to see Dolbaram in the finals. It will be interesting to see it play a pro. Do you know if there is a kifu for the game between CS and the st

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Kahn Jonas
A few blurry photos I took: http://pasky-jp.soup.io/post/556768169/UEC-Cup-2015-exhibition-game-was-between http://pasky-jp.soup.io/post/556769031/The-prize-winners-Right-of-Remi-is http://pasky-jp.soup.io/post/556769152/All-qualified-participants Thank you Petr, So y

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-16 Thread Petr Baudis
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 03:06:52PM +0900, Hiroshi Yamashita wrote: > CrazyStone won. > > 1. CrazyStone > 2. DolBaram > 3. Aya > 4. Nomitan > 5. Zen > 6. Go Trend > > Go Trend is a new Taiwan's program. > Go Trend team has 7 people and they all visit here. A few blurry photos I took: ht

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-15 Thread Michael Alford
On 3/15/15 12:39 AM, Hiroshi Yamashita wrote: UEC student won a exhibition game against CrazyStone without handicap. Hiroshi Yamashita ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go Tha

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-15 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hi Hiroshi, thank you for keeping us informed! In particular nice to see that there is fresh computer go blood in Taiwan. Ingo. > Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. März 2015 um 08:39 Uhr > Von: "Hiroshi Yamashita" > An: computer-go@computer-go.org > Betreff: Re: [Computer-go] UEC C

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-15 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
UEC student won a exhibition game against CrazyStone without handicap. Hiroshi Yamashita ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-14 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
CrazyStone won. 1. CrazyStone 2. DolBaram 3. Aya 4. Nomitan 5. Zen 6. Go Trend Go Trend is a new Taiwan's program. Go Trend team has 7 people and they all visit here. Hiroshi Yamashita ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://c

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-14 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Final is CrazyStone - DolBaram Hiroshi Yamashita ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go

Re: [Computer-go] UEC Cup

2015-03-14 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Nomitan beats Zen!!! semei final is CrazyStone - Aya Nomitan - DolBaram Hiroshi Yamashita ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup about to start

2015-03-13 Thread Hideki Kato
Internet broadcasting on Niconico: http://live.nicovideo.jp/gate/lv211968911 (UEC Cup) http://live.nicovideo.jp/gate/lv212072907 (Densei-sen) #You have to be a member (free) to watch. Hideki Martin Mueller: <41c2be7d-4800-4e7f-9145-f82c7abb5...@ualberta.ca>: >The 8th UEC Cup will start in a few h

Re: [Computer-go] UEC cup about to start

2015-03-13 Thread Michael Markefka
I hope DolBaram has a good showing this year. Probably the most promising contender gunning for Zen and CrazyStone. On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Martin Mueller wrote: > The 8th UEC Cup will start in a few hours. The top two programs get to play > Cho Chikun on the 17th of March in Densei-sen.

RE: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-18 Thread Don Dailey
Of course it would be nice to have a standardized ELO based system so that you can compare ratings directly. But this seems unlikely to happen on purpose. The way it could happen is if some organization becomes the defacto standard due to popularity - but I don't think that has happened even in

RE: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-18 Thread dave.devos
Michael: Let's say that active Pros should have 2800+, though players with 2750+ might still be professional strength. I think by that definition there would be many players with a professional rank who wouldn't have professional s

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-18 Thread Hideki Kato
Shunsuke SOEDA: <7ca74f090812180133w3fbf7820g7dac320fded34...@mail.gmail.com>: >Thank you for your suggestion David. > >On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM, David Fotland >wrote: >> One option is to reduce the time limit from 40 minutes to 30 minutes to add >> another round. You can seed a swiss co

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-18 Thread Shunsuke SOEDA
Thank you for your suggestion David. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM, David Fotland wrote: > One option is to reduce the time limit from 40 minutes to 30 minutes to add > another round. You can seed a swiss competition so it is likely that the > best programs will meet in the last round. Well,

RE: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread David Fotland
17, 2008 12:27 PM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup) > > I put some photos. > http://yssaya.web.fc2.com/photo/uec2008/uec2008.html > Kato's eight PlayStation 3 was impressive. > http://yssaya.web.fc2.com/photo/uec2008

RE: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread David Fotland
go.org [mailto:computer-go- > boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Shunsuke SOEDA > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:39 PM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup) > > Kato-san, David, > > I am a staff of the UEC Cup. > > On W

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread Hideki Kato
Hi Shun, Shunsuke SOEDA: <7ca74f090812171839p61b96bfdu3d9633951e651...@mail.gmail.com>: >Kato-san, David, >PS. >> Also, this style, Swiss for the preliminary and single-elimination for >> the final, is common in Japan. World Computer Shogi Championship uses >> the same style for example. >Uhmm,

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread Shunsuke SOEDA
Kato-san, David, I am a staff of the UEC Cup. On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Hideki Kato wrote: > David Fotland: <00ca01c95fa2$5ee6bb50$1cb431...@com>: >>Is it true that the final was a single elimination tournament, and not a >>Swiss tournament? It seems that Many Faces never played Fudo Go

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread Michael Goetze
Mark Boon wrote: All the examples given to support the argument either way are at best anecdotal. But looking at the EGF ranking list, the 7-dan players are interspersed with players of professional ranks, with very few 6 dans among them. That is based on a considerable amount of data. Maybe you

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread Hideki Kato
Congratulations Rémi for the two-year win at UEC Cup and two wins against Aoba 4p with 8 and 7 stones handicap. Fudo Go was improved almost nothing since Beijing other than additional six Playstation 3 consoles due to short of time or writing thesis. I'll have enough time and be able to improve F

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread Mark Boon
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Michael Goetze wrote: > this is actually a rather complicated topic because you can have different > definitions for "professional strength". For instance, I could make an > argument that S. Shikshina 3p does not have "professional strength", AFAIK > she did not be

RE: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread dave.devos
d professional strength is actually a gray area and 7d EGF is an indication of being in that area. Dave Van: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org namens Michael Goetze Verzonden: wo 17-12-2008 21:39 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] UEC cup Hi Mark

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread Michael Goetze
Hi Mark, I'm not claiming to be an authority on the matter, but I beg to differ. Name me an EGF 7-dan that's not professional level. And then explain how come they are listed among players that are anywhere from 1p to 5p in different Asian countries. I used to be an EGF 6-dan and have beaten top

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
I put some photos. http://yssaya.web.fc2.com/photo/uec2008/uec2008.html Kato's eight PlayStation 3 was impressive. http://yssaya.web.fc2.com/photo/uec2008/1213/Htmls/PICT2802.html Hiroshi Yamashita ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread Michael Goetze
dave.de...@planet.nl wrote: What you are saying is that many professionals are overrated or underrated (sometimes by as much as two stones). No, what I'm saying is that professional ranking systems are not meant to be rating systems and should not be treated as if they were rating systems. (A

RE: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread dave.devos
...@planet.nl Verzonden: wo 17-12-2008 20:48 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: RE: [computer-go] UEC cup I think a 7 stone handicap against a 4p would be normal for an EGF 1d, not for a japanese 1d. A japanese 1d is about 3k EGF. He would require more than 9 stones. Dave

RE: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread dave.devos
Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] UEC cup >> No one mentioned Korean professionals. But, as far as I know, a Japanese >> 7p should be able to give a Japanese 1p 2 stones and win 50% of the >> time. Roughly. > > I don't agree. Japanese Professinals'

RE: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread dave.devos
. Van: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org namens Michael Goetze Verzonden: wo 17-12-2008 20:26 Aan: computer-go Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] UEC cup Nick Wedd wrote: > So what _is_ reality nowadays? Your previous email did not make this > clear. Are Japane

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <49494ba4.7070...@mgoetze.net>, Michael Goetze writes Darren Cook wrote: Are we talking about different things? All I meant to say was that I thought in Japanese professional ranks that one rank is worth a third of a handicap stone. So when there are 6 ranks difference then two handi

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread Michael Goetze
Nick Wedd wrote: So what _is_ reality nowadays? Your previous email did not make this clear. Are Japanese pro grades now closer together than a third of a stone, or farther apart? The reality is that the correlation between ranks and playing strengths is very low, and that knowing that play

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-17 Thread Michael Goetze
Darren Cook wrote: Are we talking about different things? All I meant to say was that I thought in Japanese professional ranks that one rank is worth a third of a handicap stone. So when there are 6 ranks difference then two handicap stones should give an even game. Yes, we're talking about the

RE: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread David Fotland
To: computer-go > Subject: Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup) > > David Fotland wrote: > > Congratulations to Remi for Crazystone's second UEC cup victory, and solid > > win over a professional. > > > > David > > > Thank you Davi

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread Rémi Coulom
David Fotland wrote: Congratulations to Remi for Crazystone's second UEC cup victory, and solid win over a professional. David Thank you David. For some reason, games between Crazy Stone and MFG are always complicated and exciting. I watched a few when we were playing on CGOS, and they we

RE: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread David Fotland
16, 2008 4:16 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup) > > Official results (only Japanese right now) are at: > http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/2008/result.html (first day) > http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/2008/result2.html (sec

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread Rémi Coulom
jonas.k...@math.u-psud.fr wrote: Although Tei and Aoba Professionals explained the match at the front stage with a projection, the game was so complicated that I couldn't see which is winning until near the end. Another semi-final match, my Fudo Go vs Katsunari, also was shown on the screen but

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-17 Thread jonas . kahn
Although Tei and Aoba Professionals explained the match at the front stage with a projection, the game was so complicated that I couldn't see which is winning until near the end. Another semi-final match, my Fudo Go vs Katsunari, also was shown on the screen but in a small picture at upper right

Re: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-16 Thread Hideki Kato
, > >David > >> -Original Message- >> From: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org [mailto:computer-go- >> boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Hideki Kato >> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:16 AM >> To: computer-go >> Subject: Results of the 2n

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-16 Thread Hideki Kato
Darren Cook: <49485a64.5080...@dcook.org>: >>> No one mentioned Korean professionals. But, as far as I know, a Japanese >>> 7p should be able to give a Japanese 1p 2 stones and win 50% of the >>> time. Roughly. >> >> I don't agree. Japanese Professinals' ranks never decrease. > >Hi, >Are we tal

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-16 Thread Mark Boon
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Michael Goetze wrote: > I wish people would stop spreading such incorrect information. The > correlation between professional ranks and playing strength is quite bad, > and EGF 7dans are not, generally speaking, professional strength. I'm not claiming to be an aut

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-16 Thread Darren Cook
>> No one mentioned Korean professionals. But, as far as I know, a Japanese >> 7p should be able to give a Japanese 1p 2 stones and win 50% of the >> time. Roughly. > > I don't agree. Japanese Professinals' ranks never decrease. Hi, Are we talking about different things? All I meant to say was

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-16 Thread Hideki Kato
Darren Cook: <49483abe.9070...@dcook.org>: >> If you find a Japanese 7p who can give a Korean 1p 2 stones and win, I >> will eat my hat... > >No one mentioned Korean professionals. But, as far as I know, a Japanese >7p should be able to give a Japanese 1p 2 stones and win 50% of the >time. Roughly.

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-16 Thread Darren Cook
> If you find a Japanese 7p who can give a Korean 1p 2 stones and win, I > will eat my hat... No one mentioned Korean professionals. But, as far as I know, a Japanese 7p should be able to give a Japanese 1p 2 stones and win 50% of the time. Roughly. Darren -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/D

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-16 Thread Michael Goetze
dave.de...@planet.nl wrote: Also, a 4p is not a 7p. The difference should be about one stone. 4p is equivalent to 8d EGF. I wish people would stop spreading such incorrect information. The correlation between professional ranks and playing strength is quite bad, and EGF 7dans are not, general

RE: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-16 Thread David Fotland
ent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:16 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup) > > Official results (only Japanese right now) are at: > http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/2008/result.html (first day) > http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/2008/result2.h

Results of the 2nd UEC Cup (Re: [computer-go] UEC cup)

2008-12-16 Thread Hideki Kato
Official results (only Japanese right now) are at: http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/2008/result.html (first day) http://jsb.cs.uec.ac.jp/~igo/2008/result2.html (second day; final) 1. Crazy Stone (invited, first seed) 2. Fudo Go 3. Many Faces of Go 4. Katsunari(second seed) 5. Aya (fourth

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-15 Thread Hideki Kato
Hideki Kato: <494641e9.9402%hideki_ka...@ybb.ne.jp>: >My last paper on parallel MCTS has no description about the >implementation for Cell BE. I'll submit longer paper in this >month but if you want to know the detail of my implementation now, you >can have the source code of Fudo-Go-2nd-UEC-

Re: [computer-go] UEC cup

2008-12-15 Thread Hideki Kato
Go Fast: : >Kato, have you compared the speed of the simulations on PS3 SPE to the speed >of the simulations on PC, given that the program is optimized for the cpu on >both sides. I've published the comparison in "A Study on Implementing Parallel MC/UCT Algorithm" (in Japanese) http://www.geociti

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