A good point to consider - is "God" actively trying to confuse his opponent and complicate things, or is he simply playing objectively best moves?
- Don On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 07:39 -0800, steve uurtamo wrote: > > >wow. i thought that there were at least two > > >stones worth of slack in the opening, and another > > >two in ko fighting. :) > > > > Seems unlikely. I can't imagine two competent > > players, say 1p or > > better, coming out of the opening with one of them > > having a two-stone > > lead. > > one of them is not a competent 1p. one of them > is a computer with knowledge of the end result > of all possible game trees (my understanding of > the definition of a "god" player). > > it could, for instance, create an opening whose > branches are so complicated that W (or B) was > forced to take small gains territorially, but > lose, say, 20 pts. by the midgame. > > > And, the right to win all ko fights without > > having to fight them > > is only worth half a stone. > > uh, that depends upon what the kos are for. > > s. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Sponsored Link > > $420k for $1,399/mo. > Think You Pay Too Much For Your Mortgage? > Find Out! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
