Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread alain Baeckeroot
Le dimanche 31 décembre 2006 19:22, Chrilly a écrit : > For testing Suzie on 9x9 we (Peter Woitke and Chrilly) use Gnu-Go Level 16. > Is there something stronger around /available? Yes there is cgos 9X9 ;) Happy new year. Alain ___ computer-go mailing

Re: [computer-go] UCT vs MC

2007-01-01 Thread sylvain . gelly
Hello and happy new year! > I have some questions about your paper... Whouah that's a lot of questions :). I'll try to answer well. > I thought that the Monte Carlo evaluation of a position is done by making > many random games from that position, and averaging the win/loss result. > So the ev

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Chrilly
For testing Suzie on 9x9 we (Peter Woitke and Chrilly) use Gnu-Go Level 16. Is there something stronger around /available? Yes there is cgos 9X9 ;) I am used to another development method. I watch the engine-engine-matches and I change the programm when I see a move which really hurts. I trus

Re: [computer-go] Sho-Dan-level at 9x9

2007-01-01 Thread Chrilly
John Tromp wrote: This really makes me feel like it's only a matter of time till MC programs can challenge professionals on 9x9." I feel that the shodan level go 9x9 programs have arrived... For Suzie I try for 9x9 to establish a Dan-ranking at the next European Championship in Villach/Aust

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread nando
On 12/31/06, Chrilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For testing Suzie on 9x9 we (Peter Woitke and Chrilly) use Gnu-Go Level 16. Is there something stronger around /available? Did you consider trying CrazyStone ? http://remi.coulom.free.fr/CrazyStone/ nando _

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread alain Baeckeroot
Le lundi 1 janvier 2007 13:14, Chrilly a écrit : > > For testing Suzie on 9x9 we (Peter Woitke and Chrilly) use Gnu-Go Level > > 16. > > Is there something stronger around /available? > > Yes there is cgos 9X9 ;) > > I am used to another development method. I watch the engine-engine-matches > a

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
Hi Chrilly, I watch my own programs play live on CGOS, I just watch the log file, which also displays a diagram and all the INFO I want. A new version of CGOS let's you watch the games lives in a beautiful GUI interface - unfortunately I have too much going on to finalize it, but it is close

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
Are we to assume that Size is starting to get good at 9x9 and can beat Gnugo consistently? - Don On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 13:14 +0100, Chrilly wrote: > > For testing Suzie on 9x9 we (Peter Woitke and Chrilly) use Gnu-Go > Level > > 16. > > Is there something stronger around /available? > > Y ___

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 14:33 +0100, alain Baeckeroot wrote: > > In server matches this kind of information is usually lost. One can > write > > the traces into a file, but practically one never checks it in the > same way > > than when sitting infront of the screen and seeing it "live". The > imme

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Chrilly
- Original Message - From: "alain Baeckeroot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "computer-go" Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm? Having various opponents is the best way for improvement. Yes, I fully agree. I believe Sluggo is an extre

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Chrilly
Are we to assume that Size is starting to get good at 9x9 and can beat Gnugo consistently? - Don Peter Woitke has done a great job in the last month. He deserves the "Hero of the Suzie work" medal. Especially he fixed a lot of bugs. But on 19x19 its still not satisfactory, so Peter gave it a

Re: [computer-go] Sho-Dan-level at 9x9

2007-01-01 Thread Łukasz Lew
I believe that MoGo is already stronger than 1d on KGS. I'm 3d KGS and it's hard to win. Mogo has almost no loses KGS. Lukasz On 1/1/07, Chrilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Tromp wrote: This really makes me feel like it's only a matter of time till MC programs can challenge professionals o

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
Hi Chrilly, I will help you all you need. The basics are described somewhere but it amounts to this: 1. Make sure you program understands GTP 2. Get the client program from the KGS website. This is a java program the "hooks up" to your program using GTP and communicates with

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Tom Cooper
Very stupid question: Were to I get a fool-proof description how to join the tournament? You know I am from the generation, were one travelled to tournament, shake hand with the programmer of the opponent, entered the moves by hand These internet tournaments are also a cultural shock. C

Re: [computer-go] Sho-Dan-level at 9x9

2007-01-01 Thread Christian Nilsson
On 1/1/07, Łukasz Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I believe that MoGo is already stronger than 1d on KGS. I'm 3d KGS and it's hard to win. Mogo has almost no loses KGS. Lukasz I made a quick and dirty update to my old php-script to half-heartedly support cgoban3 ( not the online script, it's sti

Re: [computer-go] Sho-Dan-level at 9x9

2007-01-01 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chrilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes For Suzie I try for 9x9 to establish a Dan-ranking at the next European Championship in Villach/Austria. Do you mean that you are planning to enter it for a regular "human" Go event? Have you checked that the organisers will

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread sylvain . gelly
Hello, > To generate this pain one needs a slightly stronger opponent. The > pain-level of Gnu-Go is for Suzie on 9x9 already too low. What you can do is to limit your program. For MoGo I test with 3k or 10k simulations per move. Of course it is not in the real games conditions, but at least th

Re: [computer-go] Strongest 9x9 programm?

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
Yes, where is Suzie? Seriously, CGOS tries to be programmer friendly and will be improved to be more so. Unfortunately you will not always get a tough opponent, but this is impossible with an open server. However CGOS tries hard to keep the opponents paired up fairly closely and you will g

Re: [computer-go] Sho-Dan-level at 9x9

2007-01-01 Thread Chrilly
For Suzie I try for 9x9 to establish a Dan-ranking at the next European Championship in Villach/Austria. Do you mean that you are planning to enter it for a regular "human" Go event? Have you checked that the organisers will allow this? I once entered Professor Chen's HandTalk for a human

Re: [computer-go] Sho-Dan-level at 9x9

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
Hi Chrilly, I find it pretty amazing that even a little money will inspire people to play a computer who wouldn't otherwise. Many years ago my old chess programs were welcome at tournaments, but as soon as players started losing, the program wore out it's welcome! The change was like night and

[computer-go] Time handling on CGOS

2007-01-01 Thread Urban Hafner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hej, I figured I'd ask my question about CGOS here as the documentation is said to be out of date. My question is: Does CGOS do the time handling like KGS, i.e. send a time_left command before every gen_move command? Thanks, Urban - -- http://

Re: [computer-go] Time handling on CGOS

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 19:06 +0100, Urban Hafner wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hej, > I figured I'd ask my question about CGOS here as the documentation is > said to be out of date. My question is: Does CGOS do the time > handling like KGS, i.e. send a time_left

RE: [computer-go] UCT vs MC

2007-01-01 Thread David Fotland
Thanks. So it seems that doing as many random games as possible is not the ideal approach. In UCT, I suppose the equivalent of the principal variation would be the path from the root that always visits the child with the highest number of simulations. When you make a move with 70,000 simulations

Re: [computer-go] Time handling on CGOS

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
I want to point out that this is not an attempt to be fair about network lag - if you have a more reliable network your program will always have an advantage. What it tries to do is make it so that the time your bot spends thinking as reckoned by your local clock is an upper bound on the time

Time Zones (was Re: [computer-go] KGS Slow tournament)

2007-01-01 Thread Peter Drake
An interesting report. I have a question about a line near the end where you address the two meanings of "UCT": "UCT as applied to times stands for Universal Coordinate Time. It is the same, for most practical purposes including ours, as GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, the time zone based on Lo

Re: [computer-go] Interesting problem

2007-01-01 Thread Mark Boon
On 31-dec-06, at 15:34, David Fotland wrote: A strong chinese player using chinese rules will pick up a point or two during the dame filling stage when playing a strong japanese player. The Chiense player will choose earlier moves that gain a later dame point that the japanese player will

Re: [computer-go] UCT vs MC

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
I seem to remember someone on this group a couple of years ago or so saying that there won't be a 1 Dan 9x9 player anytime soon. I don't remember the exact quote or who said it. I'm looking through the archives but I can't find it. I would not name the person even when I do, but it gives me

Re: [computer-go] Time handling on CGOS

2007-01-01 Thread Urban Hafner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 1, 2007, at 19:18 , Don Dailey wrote: On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 19:06 +0100, Urban Hafner wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hej, I figured I'd ask my question about CGOS here as the documentation is said to be out of date.

Re: [computer-go] UCT vs MC

2007-01-01 Thread sylvain . gelly
> Thanks. So it seems that doing as many random games as possible is not the > ideal approach. You have to visit as many nodes as possible, so as you have one simulation per node, you still have to do as many simulations as possible. But yes, doing as many simulations per node is not a good app

Re: [computer-go] UCT vs MC

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 20:10 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm curious about the full width depth and the principal variation > depth to > > compare UCT wilth alpha-beta. > The comparison is not so easy to do I think, because using MC as an > evaluation > function for alpha beta, you have

[computer-go] Re: Interesting problem

2007-01-01 Thread Jacques Basaldúa
David Fotland wrote: >Most of the world plays be Japanese rules, so any commercial program >must implement Japanese rules. I totally agree. >A strong chinese player using chinese rules will pick up a point or two >during the dame filling stage when playing a strong japanese player. The >Chiens

Re: [computer-go] Re: Interesting problem

2007-01-01 Thread Don Dailey
Hi Jacques, I think Chinese should be universally adapted, but before you flame me I'll tell you why. I know of players who thought Go might be an interesting game, but gave up quickly when they realized they could never play by Japanese rules. Even though they eventually could have learned t

Re: [computer-go] Re: Interesting problem

2007-01-01 Thread steve uurtamo
one early habit that is good for new go players to learn is to always fill dame. sometimes groups get ataried this way that the newer player wouldn't have noticed. it can result in massive point loss if you're not careful about it, and it's a good teaching tool (from the japanese rules point of v

Re: [computer-go] Re: Interesting problem

2007-01-01 Thread Antonin Lucas
Let's not confuse japanese counting with Japanese rules. It is quite feasible with Chinese rules and the use of pass stones to end up doing territory counting over the board which is equivalent to area scoring, On 1/1/07, steve uurtamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: one early habit that is good fo