gtp February 2004

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GTP version 2
by Paul Pogonyshev 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

I think I found two things missed from the specification. The first is whether engine and/or controller is allowed to use not one, but several spaces (tabs) to separate syntatical entities in commands/ responses. I would say yes, if only because GNU Go parses them fine (mainly with sscanf()). Another, stronger reason is the same why tabs are allowed at all: it might be handy in GTP scripts. Also, I think there should be some lines about how to handle erroneous responses on the controller side. I'd propose that specification recommends controllers to _not_ try to parse responses that fail to confirm specification. Stricter protocols are way easier to implement properly and we all know what happened to HTML in which erroneous and custom not standardized tags are common. Paul

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GTP on KGS: Ranked games available
by William M. Shubert 05 Feb '04

05 Feb '04

Just a note about the kgsGtp program that lets GTP-based go engines to connect to KGS. The new server was realeased today, it is now possible to play rated games on KGS. The GTP client is at http://www.igoweb.org/~wms/upload/ still. I will move it eventually, but for now that is the address to go to. The client includes a manual on using kgsGtp; the manual also includes information on how rated games work. You need to get a special account on KGS to play rated games via GTP, just email me if you want to do this and I'll be happy to set the account up for you. -- William M. Shubert <wms(a)igoweb.org>

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