2008/7/28 David Fotland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The traditional programs are around 10 kyu, but the new ones are 2 to 4 kyu, > at least on KGS. I've seen some handicap games against dan players that are > consistent with these ratings. > > It wouldn't surprise me to see 1 dan from an MC program before 2010, running > on an 8 processor mainstream system. > > David >
Here is a big catch for setting goals. 3-dan by which organization/server/whatever. At what point of time? KGS has gone through mane abrupt ratings changes and and I don't see any reason why it would not go through such a thing in future as well. Currently 2k KGS is about 5k EGF. So best of MC programs would still need about 7-9 stones handicap from European 3-dan (which is not well defined strength either). That is about 700-1000 Elo-points and if we assume 100 elo gain for a doubling of CPU power ..... So 1D KGS within year or two 1D EGF I doubt if that happen within 5 years, But if thre is a new innovation on par with MC_UCT. Then maybe. -- Petri Pitkänen e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/