[computer-go] GTP3 should be UGI

[Joshua Shriver]

Sounds good, but the xboard protocol is also very nice.
Though a UGI sounds like a good step.

-Josh

On 4/11/07, Chrilly <c.donninger at wavenet.at> wrote:
> I am implementing currently for the Suzie-GUI GTP-2. I think this protocoll
> has a number of shortcomings.
> a) There is only a very strange way to setup an arbitrary position.
> b) A state must be maintained between moves.
> c) There is no way to get a main-variaton and the score of a move (Not yet
> invented in most Go-programms, but a must have for search based programms).
>
> UCI is the "Universal Chess Interface" originally developed by Stefan
> Meyer-Kahlen and Rudolf Huber (see attached specification). It has become
> the defacto standard in chess. This interface is in my opinion much better
> than GTP.
> I think GTP-3 should be modelled as close as possible to UCI. The
> move-format has to be changed and the parameters "komi" and "boardsize" have
> to be added.
> The format to setup a position has also be changed slightly. An adaption can
> be found in SuzieFen.txt.
>
> There is no need for a handicap command, because this is just a special case
> of setting up an arbitrary position.
>
> Chrilly
>
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