[computer-go] January KGS online computer Go Tournament

[Don Dailey]

On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 09:01 -0800, terry mcintyre wrote:
> Why 7.5 points komi on a 9x9 board? The consensus at http://senseis.xmp.net/?HandicapForSmallerBoardSizes seems to be that 5.5 points komi would be fair on a 9x9 board.
>  

Hi Terry,

I studied a few hundred thousand games from CGOS, the 9x9 computer
game server and it appears that 7.5 is the correct komi.

When weaker programs play,  7.5 gives a slight advantage but 
that all indicates that 7.5 is correct.

When random programs play, 5.5 gives about even chances.

- Don



> Terry McIntyre
> UNIX for hire
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> terrymcintyre at yahoo.com
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Nick Wedd <nick at maproom.co.uk>
> To: computer-go <computer-go at computer-go.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2007 8:50:38 AM
> Subject: [computer-go] January KGS online computer Go Tournament
> 
> The January 2007 KGS computer Go tournament will be next Sunday, January 
> 7th, in the European evening and American morning, starting at 17:00 UTC 
> and ending at about 23:00 UTC.
> 
> The Formal division will be six-round Swiss, and use 9x9 boards with 28 
> minutes sudden death, Chinese rules, and 7.5 points komi.  The Open 
> division will be four-round Swiss, and use 13x13 boards with 43 minutes 
> sudden death, Chinese rules, and 7.5 points komi. There are details at 
> http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=262 and at
> http://www.gokgs.com/tournInfo.jsp?id=263.
> 
> Clean-up at the end of the game is now supported. If your bot does not 
> support clean-up, it risks losing won games to a bot that does support 
> it.  To avoid this, you should either arrange for your bot to support 
> clean-up, or for it to capture all dead enemy stones before it passes.
> 
> Registration is now open.  To enter, please read and follow the 
> instructions at
> http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/how/index.html.  The rules are given at
> http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/rules.html.
> 
> Nick