[computer-go] Computer Go tournaments - various

[Don Dailey]

Nick Wedd wrote:
> FAST & SLOW KGS TOURNAMENTS
>
> Three weeks ago, I proposed running on KGS a slow bot tournament (12
> hours per player per game) and a fast bot tournament (no more than
> five minutes per player per game).  As there was no response, I shall
> not be running these.  I will run either next year if I hear of any
> interest.
>
> Nick

On CGOS you will notice that a lot of the really good programs have to
"throttle down."   Even though they are capable of achieving 2500+ ELO 
they are isolated at the top so they often choose to play on CGOS at
crippled levels. 

Just look at Greenpeep0.5.1 on CGOS to see what I mean - after 142 games
losing only 3 games it apparently stopped playing.    It's difficult to
get an accurate ELO estimate losing 3 out of 142 games. 

Probably long time control tournaments are not that interesting because
many programs (especially the classic older programs)  are not designed
to use the extra time.

I think round robin tournaments would encourage wider participation in
your tournaments.  If I am going to commit a weekend to one of these
tournaments I would like to get in more than 5 or 6 games.      Even if
you have to speed up the time control a bit to get in the extra games.  

- Don