[computer-go] an idea for a new measure of a computer go program's rank.

[Don Dailey]

On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 11:30 +0900, Darren Cook wrote:
> > In my opinion lowering the time limit just forces players (human and 
> > computer) towards random play. I am sure there exists a time limit 
> > where a random playing program can beat Lee Chang-Ho 50% of the time. 
> 
> At one of the FOST tournaments I watched a top 9-dan pro play a program;
> the program was one of the weaker ones but it played very quickly. The
> pro matched the speed, certainly making each of his moves in less than a
> second. After 200 or so moves the programmer resigned on behalf of his
> program to prevent any more slaughter.
> 
> My point being that a top pro will find a high quality move in the time
> it takes him to move the mouse from one side of the board to the other.

But still it's *WAY* below his normal tournament playing strength to
play
so quickly - it's just that 9-dan pro is so far ahead of a weak program
that this is still not an interesting contest.

- Don

  


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