NG06 (Oakfoam) is 2nd Strongest Open Source Go AI

[Shoreline]

The latest CGOS standing:
http://www.yss-aya.com/cgos/19x19/standings.html

Rayon RN3.9 certainly is the strongest open source AI. But the Oakfoam NG06 go AI also deserve a respectable place. NG06 beating the new Leela in the ranking.
In my own testing, NG06 with dual core linux with 1 GPU (GTX 1050) is very strong, possibly at DGS 4 dan level. Here is the DGS NG06 bot I set up:
http://www.dragongoserver.net/userinfo.php?uid=97704

Right now NG06 only ranked at 3 dan at DGS, I think it can continue to rise 1 stone stronger at current setting.

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Oakfoam Bot already lost a few games at new settings. I think the strength is likely only at 3 dan at DGS

[as0770]

Like with Ray I am able to compile it but it don't run. It requires coffe. Coffe requires other things which require other things. There is no readme explaining what is needed to install. It is hard even for an average user who has a few programming skills to make this programs run. When I tried to install Dark Forrest I nearly smashed my system. I give up and wait for engines with clear and easy install instructions. Anyway thanks for the people here trying to help

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NG06 new Oakfoam Bot rank rose to 4 dan at DGS. Oakfoam Bot is the 2nd strongest robot in DGS beating the new leela on rankings.

[pnprog]

Hi,

I just had a try at Oakfoam, and so far, it seems GnuGo plays better on my computer. So there must be something wrong there.

I got Oakfoam from there: https://bitbucket.org/francoisvn/oakfoam/wiki/Install (Oakfoam 0.2.1)
I set up 3 matches against Gnugo:

• First game, Oakfoam ran on only one thread (my computer runs two cores are 3Ghz), and not opening book => GnuGo won
• Second game, Oakfoam ran on two threads, and not opening book => GnuGo won
• Third game, Oakfoam ran on two threads, and used the Pachi opening book => GnuGo won

I did not set up a time limit, so GnuGo was playing instantly (as usual...) and Oakfoam was taking around 5s per move.

So what did I miss?

[Shoreline]

Hi,

I just had a try at Oakfoam, and so far, it seems GnuGo plays better on my computer. So there must be something wrong there.

I got Oakfoam from there: https://bitbucket.org/francoisvn/oakfoam/wiki/Install (Oakfoam 0.2.1)
I set up 3 matches against Gnugo:

• First game, Oakfoam ran on only one thread (my computer runs two cores are 3Ghz), and not opening book => GnuGo won
• Second game, Oakfoam ran on two threads, and not opening book => GnuGo won
• Third game, Oakfoam ran on two threads, and used the Pachi opening book => GnuGo won

I did not set up a time limit, so GnuGo was playing instantly (as usual...) and Oakfoam was taking around 5s per move.

So what did I miss?

You are running a very old oakfoam version. Try the NG06 latest version here:
https://bitbucket.org/dsmic/oakfoam

[as0770]

Oakfoam and the ladder