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

[Heikki Levanto]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 08:16:07PM -0800, Ray Tayek wrote:
> >I don't know the percentage of blunders. It also depends on what you
> >call a blunder. Is a 1 point mistake a blunder?
> 
> no, maybe 10 or more points

My gut feeling is that a real blunder is enough to loose the game.
Between equally strong players, a one point mistake can be a blunder, if
it was late in the yose, and the game was won by half a point. On the
other hand, throwing away a 20-stone group may not be a blunder if you
were already going to loose by 100 points. It could even be a
(mis?)calculated risk, ignoring a threatening move in order to get an
attack on an even larger group, even if that attack later turns out not
to work...

Just my uninformed gut feeling, of course.

-H

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