[computer-go] Hello / Pondering

[Jason House]

On 5/1/07, Joel Veness <jveness at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My intuition suggests that b) is the better approach, but I know that
> a) works much better in computer chess.


Does anyone know why a works much better in computer chess?  Does the
benefits of a correct guess (and thinking more deeply than the opponent)
outweigh the benefits of having a little bit of extra thought about the move
they chose?  I think I've heard that chess has a branching factor of 8.  In
special scenarios where the (1-ply) branching factor is lower, does the best
choice change?
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