No, humans are much weaker on 9x9 than on 19x19. I'm AGA 3 Dan, and I've played thousands of 19x19 games, and hundreds of serious 19x19 tournament games. I've studied thousands of 19x19 professional games, and have had dozens of my 19x19 games analyzed by pros. I think before I tried playing Mogo, I had played about 3 serious 9x9 games, at a 9x9 tournament at a go congress about 10 years ago. So I know almost nothing about 9x9 strategy. Of course my general tactical knowledge applies to 9x9 boards, but I'm far stronger at 19x19 opening theory.
If someone with equal tactical ability had studied 9x9 as hard as I've studied 19x19, he would crush me in 9x9 games. My 9x9 judgment is much weaker than my 19x19 judgment due to lack of experience. 9x9 is interesting for computer go since it is much simpler than 19x19, but people don't play 9x9. David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Dailey > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:02 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Sylvain's results > > > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 17:49 +0100, Jacques Basaldúa wrote: > > BTW. There is another stone in the way of 19x19 computer go. > > Knowledge. Humans play much stronger and do much stronger judgment > > than in 9x9. > > I think you said this backwards from what you intended. > Obviously, humans are closer to perfect play and understand > 9x9 better than > 19x19. Someone on this group even expressed the opinion that > professional players are close to perfect at 9x9. > > At 19x19 I'm sure there is a great deal of distance to cover even > for the very top players. > > - Don > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
