Re: [Computer-go] CrazyStone in the 5-dan footsteps of Zen

2012-01-12 Thread Vlad Dumitrescu
Hi Aja, On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 23:44, Aja Huang ajahu...@gmail.com wrote: Do you mean the case in the attached example semeai_scoring.sgf? In a seki of a dead group with a square of four, the other side must have a big eye as well. The bottom-right corner is such an example, where it's all

Re: [Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

2012-01-12 Thread Robert Solovay
What KGS room will the games be played in? What is Tromp's KGS handle? On Jan 11, 2012 11:24 PM, Darren Cook dar...@dcook.org wrote: The details on the GoBet II match have now been finalized. It will start this Friday evening (in U.S.; Saturday morning in Japan). When: During January 2012

Re: [Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

2012-01-12 Thread Darren Cook
Many of you followed the Go Bet event in London at the end of 2010, where John Tromp triumphed and I was forced to hand over the $1000. Now it is time to see if the bots have improved in the past 12 months, as John will play another match with a computer program. I have updated my web page:

Re: [Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

2012-01-12 Thread Nick Wedd
On 12/01/2012 09:03, Darren Cook wrote: Many of you followed the Go Bet event in London at the end of 2010, where John Tromp triumphed and I was forced to hand over the $1000. Now it is time to see if the bots have improved in the past 12 months, as John will play another match with a computer

Re: [Computer-go] Announce: GoBet II

2012-01-12 Thread John Tromp
John Tromp will perhaps use his account tromp. I will indeed use my tromp account. regards, -John ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@dvandva.org http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go

[Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Richard J. Lorentz
Just returned from a visit to KGS where Zen seems to have struggled a bit in recent games. Maybe they're testing out some new ideas? The 9:55 game against vicmorrow stands out. ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@dvandva.org

Re: [Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Andy
Zen19N has always used 20+5x:30, so the time settings are no different. The rating graph spike in December to 5d is probably just drift -- it quit playing in November. But when it was playing it was holding a solid 4d rating. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Petr Baudis pa...@ucw.cz wrote:

Re: [Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Brian Sheppard
Can anyone tell me how wide a KGS rank is in Elo units? E.g., how often will an 8d beat a 7d if they are exactly 1 rank apart? Thanks, Brian From: computer-go-boun...@dvandva.org [mailto:computer-go-boun...@dvandva.org] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:12 PM To:

Re: [Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Andy
For KGS ranks: 2d+ each rank is 226 Elo (k=1.3) 5k- each rank is 139 Elo (k=0.8) Between there is some sort of sliding scale. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Brian Sheppard sheppar...@aol.com wrote: Can anyone tell me how wide a KGS rank is in Elo units? ** ** E.g., how often will an

Re: [Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Brian Sheppard
So in the 2d+ ranks, each rank wins ~80% against the rank below. From: computer-go-boun...@dvandva.org [mailto:computer-go-boun...@dvandva.org] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:06 PM To: computer-go@dvandva.org Subject: Re: [Computer-go] zen19n For KGS ranks: 2d+ each

Re: [Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Petr Baudis
Hi! On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 02:05:52PM -0600, Andy wrote: For KGS ranks: 2d+ each rank is 226 Elo (k=1.3) 5k- each rank is 139 Elo (k=0.8) Between there is some sort of sliding scale. Oh, wow, I thought each rank was 100 Elo. Good to know, thanks! (So before, I should have said

Re: [Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Darren Cook
Just returned from a visit to KGS where Zen seems to have struggled a bit in recent games. Maybe they're testing out some new ideas? The 9:55 game against vicmorrow stands out. Zen19N is the hardware configuration to be used in the GoBet II match, starting Saturday (or Friday evening if you

Re: [Computer-go] zen19n

2012-01-12 Thread Jeff Nowakowski
On 01/12/2012 08:19 PM, Darren Cook wrote: It seems to have bounced back from the vicmorrow loss. Perhaps John can learn something from that game ;-) He's not going to learn much unless he takes a 4 stone handicap. This vicmorrow guy is, more than likely and sadly, the same sandbagger that