[computer-go] Congratulations to AyaMC, GNU, and MonteGNU!

[Nick Wedd]

In message <ae194610802040715o67b321fdv7e0a8b467be0931 at mail.gmail.com>, 
Joel Veness <jveness at gmail.com> writes
>Hi Nick,
>
>Goanna (agog) timed out annoyingly in that game against GNU.
>
>I have since implemented a rule: "if after some number of samples you
>have a winning probability that is very close to 1.0, just make the
>best move right away". There is no need to spend so long thinking in
>these ridiculous endgame positions. I made some other changes so that
>passing is more highly favored in certain situations, so hopefully
>this will be the last time Goanna forfeits a game due to time.
>
>I guess that is what I get from only testing on CGOS. The small time
>increment CGOS gives makes a big difference with the high latency I
>get due to being based in Sydney, and to the best of my knowledge, KGS
>doesn't do the same.

Another fix which would have worked in this case:  "if after consecutive 
passes your opponents proposes a set of dead groups which would cause 
you to win, then accept".

Nick
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