[computer-go] State of the art of pattern matching

[Mark Boon]

On 31-mrt-08, at 20:28, Don Dailey wrote:

> You could be
> blind-siding the program.

I think this is the crux of the matter. Not just in MC but in Go  
programming in general. If you add 'strong' knowledge you can create  
blind-spots. For example, I guess a ko rarely gets played during  
playouts because strong priority is given to connecting the stone in  
atari. It's only during the actual search that ko is discovered. But  
if you have a case where it's almost always out of the scope of the  
search-tree to find the blind-spot of a piece of knowledge then it  
can lead to very poor play.

Mark


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