Hello, now I found time to read several sgf protocols of KGS games played by BonoBot.
Here is part of the chat from a game between BonoBot and Zen, which I find very interesting. PW[Zen19B]PB[bonobot] DT[2011-04-23] ************ Chat on ***************** ajahuang]: they are strong at different aspects [ajahuang]: Zen features more fighting and semeai [ajahuang]: Bonobot is better at direction [ThePok]: so they have to merge [ARPAnet]: What do you think, aja? How strong would be a mixed "program" where Zen and bonobot suggest a move in a current game situation but a human (for example you) decides which one of those moves should be played? [ajahuang]: it depends on fast or slow game [ARPAnet]: well, how about the current time setting [ajahuang]: 5d up, sure [ThePok]: than theres not much time to choose [ajahuang]: if not 5d, at least 4d [ARPAnet]: hmm, ok thanks ... [BOThater36]: so dont trust Aja can pick the best move :-) [ajahuang]: everything could happen in fast games...anyway :) ************ Chat off **************** >From my chess experiences I would say that Aja is rather pessimistic. Between 1985 and 1997 I made several 3-Hirn experiments where I was the human having the final choice between candidate moves by two different chess bots. My rating was around 1900, and through a wide range of bot ratings (between 1500 and 2500) I was able to add 200 ratings points to the strengths of the bots (in these experiments the bots had very similar strengths - only my human strength differed a lot). If this would translate to "server go", 5d-Zen and 5d-BonoBot would be lifted to something like 7d by the final choices of Aja Huang[6d]. I am really eager to see, if this holds in reality. Ingo. -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und surfen! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
