[computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

[Lavergne Thomas]

There is also the fact that some amateurs plays a lot of 9x9 game and
get a better feeling about it, so when they meet a stronger opponent but
who don't have played a lot of game on 9x9 they can crush it.

Tom

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 11:32:45AM +0000, Jacques Basaldúa wrote:
> Christoph Birk wrote:
>
>> I don't think 2200 ELO on the 9x9 CGOS is equivalent to 'high dan-level' 
>> play.
>
> Neither do I. In fact the whole kyu/dan rating system applies
> only to 19x19. 9x9 is not deep enough to have have so many ranks.
> On a 9x9 board an average amateur beats a pro with handicap 3.
> That amateur would be crushed by the pro with handicap 9 in 19x19.
>
> Jacques.
>
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