When Myungwan Kim guesstimated that Mogo might be dan-level, he certainly was speaking of amateur levels, not pro. He was playing Mogo with 9 stones. If I recall correctly, he later beat Mogo in a seven-stone game.
A pro can not offer another pro seven stones. The difference between pro shodan and pro 9 dan might be about 3 stones. Go programs have progressed a lot in the last few years, but there's still room for a lot of improvement. Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Libertarians Do It With Consent! ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mark Boon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: computer-go <computer-go@computer-go.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:51:43 AM > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ... > > > On 18-nov-08, at 11:25, Jason House wrote: > > > On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams > wrote: > > > >> The "well" at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't > play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level. > > > > > > I'm not very familiar with go terms, but I think kyu means student and dan > means master. > > > > It may be better to say something like computers may have reached amateur > master using super computers, but are still far away from professional play > > > > I believe 'kyu' and 'dan' have a very similar meaning in that both mean > something like 'step', 'stage' or 'rank' depending on the context in which > it's > used. If you want to compare to chess I believe a 'master' would be around > 1-kyu/ 1-dan (pro) and a 'grand-master' would be a 9-dan. Due to > commercialization, the Japanese 'dan' level has steadily eroded over the past > century, whereas in China and Korea usually only pro's have a 'dan' rank. > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
