[computer-go] Slow KGS computer Go Tournament

[Don Dailey]

Hi Nick,

I'm not going to be ready for such a tournament - but I really want to
be.

I hope you have another one at a later date.

- Don


On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 12:49 +0000, Nick Wedd wrote:
> The 2006 Slow KGS computer Go tournament will be next week, starting at 
> 00:00 on Monday 18th UCT (GMT).  It will be a five round Swiss, with 
> each game taking a full day (i.e. eleven hours fifty minutes each, 
> sudden death).  Each game is scheduled to start at midnight in my UK 
> timezone, so the five rounds will occupy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 
> Thursday and Friday.
> 
> With apologies for the short notice - I want to get this done before the 
> end of the year, so as to at least partly keep to promises made earlier. 
> You can regard it as a test slow tournament.
> 
> The rules are, 19x19 boards, Chinese rules, 7.5 points komi.  Apart from 
> the long time limits, it will be like the previous KGS bot tournaments 
> that I have organised.  The entrance requirements will be slightly 
> tighter than for the Open divisions of those, at my discretion - e.g., I 
> don't want several slightly modified versions of GNU Go playing, but I 
> will welcome a genuine GNU Go and SlugGo.
> 
> The KGS page for the event is http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=255
> The entry instructions, as usual, are at
> http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/how/index.html
> 
> Nick