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diff --git a/games/gnubg/README b/games/gnubg/README index 03639b5888..f365e00c22 100644 --- a/games/gnubg/README +++ b/games/gnubg/README @@ -1,24 +1,5 @@ GNU Backgammon (gnubg) is for playing and analysing backgammon positions, -games and matches. It's based on a neural network. In the past twelve months -it has made enormous progress. It currently plays at about the level of a -championship flight tournament player. Depending on its parameters and its -luck in recent games, it rates from around 1900 to 2000 on FIBS, the First -Internet Backgammon Server -- at its strongest, it ranks in the top 5 of over -6000 rated players there) and is gradually improving; it should be somewhat -stronger than this when released. Since almost all of the CPU time required -during supervised training is spent performing rollouts, and rollouts can -easily be performed in parallel, it is hoped that users will be able to pool -rollout results and collectively train it to a level stronger than any -individual could obtain. - -You can also compete against recent versions of gnubg on FIBS; it plays -there under the names gnu, mgnutest, mpgnu, mgnu_advanced, mgnu_expert, -mgnu_WClass, ParlorBot and mgnu_zp. - -GNU Backgammon also playes on GamesGrid. A version of GNU Backgammon with no -lookahead, 0-ply, plays with the nickname GGraccoon. GGraccoon is a very -popular opponent among the members at GamesGrid. GGraccoon usually rates -about 1900. +games and matches. You may play GNU Backgammon using the command line or a graphical interface (based on GTK+). For 3D Boards support you will need the GTK OpenGL |