[computer-go] Automated play with a GTP engine at the Computer Olympiad

[Rémi Coulom]

Gunnar Farnebäck wrote:
> Rémi wrote:
>> Also, it seems that GMP is a protocol designed to work on old-style 
>> serial ports. I expect there will be no serial ports on the computers 
>> provided in Turin. Is there a way to make it work over a network ? I am 
>> not particularly motivated to buy usb serial ports just to do the 
>> testing this week-end.
> 
> There's nothing in the protocol to stop programs from talking GMP over
> e.g. TCP or a pipe, it's just a matter of persuading the programs to
> direct their communication through a channel they can agree on. This
> may or may not be difficult in practice but I wouldn't go out of my
> way to please the few programs, if any, that don't talk GTP and have
> GMP hardwired to a serial port.
> 
> /Gunnar

Hi,

Can you tell me how two GTP engines play automated games in a go 
tournament, assuming they are running on two different PCs connected by 
a network? I still have no idea how it is done, and would like to test 
before the tournament.

twogtp.pike seems to be designed to do that. As far as I have understood 
the documentation, it expects executable programs on the command line. 
Remote shell would be a possibility, but it does not look convenient. 
netgtp and gtpserver seem to be better. Also, gtpdisplay can be used as 
a GUI.

Is it how tournaments are run? Is there a server computer to host 
twogtp, or does it have to run on one of the machines?

Thanks to anyone who can provide information.

Rémi