[gnugo-devel] Gnugo *is* an interesting opponent

[Teun Burgers]

wolfgang wrote:

> it seems to me that people think gnugo is so lousy that it is not worth
> while to play with it.
I don't think so.

See the following URL's with robots on KGS powered by GnuGo. These 6 are 
basically
playing 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=gnubie (> 
8400 games)
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=yagr
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=gnugobot (> 
8400 games)
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=gnugocvs
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=swegnubot
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=ngcbot

also interesting btw that quite a few people are willing to devote the 
resources of their computer
to computer go.

This is just 6 that I know of that are playing right now. There are a 
lot more around. This testifies certainly
to the fact that kgs provides a good GUI, but also says something about 
GnuGo IMO (and the GTP).
GnuGo provides a good level of play at a very acceptable speed.

The games are played mainly against kyu players, for who gnugo is a 
serious opponent.
But dan players often have a hard time against the bots in higher 
handicap games as well,
as I see browsing through the results.

Here are there ranking graphs

http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/graphPage.jsp?user=gnubie
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/graphPage.jsp?user=yagr
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/graphPage.jsp?user=gnugobot
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/graphPage.jsp?user=gnugocvs
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/graphPage.jsp?user=swegnubot
http://kgs.kiseido.com/en_US/gameArchives.jsp?pageNum=1&user=ngcbot

Teun