[computer-go] Lazy Evaluation in Monte Carlo/Alpha Beta Searchfor Viking4

[David Fotland]

I agree.  Many Faces of Go is a highly selective global tree searcher.  It
has lots of explicit go knowledge.  It's one of the strongest 19x19 go
programs.  We can argue about how much explicit go knowledge must be
provided by the programmer, but I think any strong program will have both a
highly selective global search and a highly selective local tactical search
as part of the evaluation function.

David


> > find something else.
> 
> I think it's very likely that  highly selective global tree 
> searchers will someday become very strong players. 
> 
> I'll cite some initial empirical evidence of this: CrazyStone
> 
>  1. CrazyStone is indeed a highly selective global tree searcher.
> 
>  2. It has almost no explicit GO knowledge.
> 
>  3. It's possible that it's the best 9x9 Go program in the world. 
> 
> Hey, this look promising!  Nahhh we need to find something else.
> 
> - Don
> 
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