One of my favorite observations about Go is that expert play tends to be "on the edge of catastrophy".
By playing better moves on the average, you become more vulnerable to the occasional misstep. If a program is not very good, random better or worse moves do not have much effect. If the program improves, it's closer to the edge, and random missteps are more likely to make it fall off the cliff. _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/