[computer-go] The dominance of search (Suzie v. GnuGo)

[Rémi Coulom]

Chrilly wrote:
> I think on 9x9 the superiority of search based programms is now 
> clearly demonstrated. Its only the question if UCT or Alpha-Beta is 
> superior.
Hi Chrilly,

Thanks for your report.

The question of UCT versus Alpha-Beta is not open any more in my 
opinion. The current state of the art of Monte Carlo tree search is 
about 500 Elo points stronger than the version of Crazy Stone you tested 
against. Do you believe you can easily catch up with those 500 Elo 
points ? Also, I am convinced that UCT has tremendous potential for 
further improvement. I have improved Crazy Stone by about 50 Elo points 
per day in the past 10 days (on 9x9. The improvement on 13x13 and 19x19 
is much more). I am very confident that I can easily improve it further 
very much.

Rémi