[computer-go] 19x19 CGOS

[Jeff Nowakowski]

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 15:59 +0100, Edward de Grijs wrote:
> 
> Hi, maybe so, but can you name some programs which cannot cope 
> with 10 minutes thinking time for 19x19?

I'm working on my own program, and I don't want to be limited to 10
minutes for 19x19.  I'll let others speak about their own programs.

> Maybe I am confused about the goals of CGOS? I thought that 
> programmers could use it to get a good impression of improvements
> over time.

Sure, to track improvements, but also to see which program is the
strongest.  Having the strongest program at a very fast speed is not as
interesting as having the strongest program at a "reasonable" speed, for
some definition of reasonable.

I think getting a very fast rating on minor updates should not be the
goal of CGOS -- you can do that on your own machine with Gnu Go, MoGo,
and your own test suites.  CGOS should be more like a continuous
tournament to test major updates of programs.  Waiting a day or two to
get a rating at reasonable time controls then shouldn't be a big deal.

That's my 2 cents, anyways.

-Jeff