endgame (Was [computer-go] Re: Should 9x9 komi be 8.0 ?])

[Magnus Persson]

Quoting steve uurtamo <uurtamo at gmail.com>:

> cool.  do you have any examples from a 19x19 game?  that's what
> i was referring to when i said that i've never seen an MC player
> play out a ko fight.

Valkyria is unfortunately way to weak for 19x19. My argument is more  
that in principle MC programs plays ko fights perfectly but not in  
complex positions,and most 19x19 games are complex.

Actually one of my happiest moments of go programming was then my  
first MC-program played several kothreats in a 13x13 game. This  
surprised me because nothing in my program would "motivate" it to do  
so and I thought the search necessary to read it out was way beyond  
its capability but it was not. Then I realized that I no longer had to  
come up with some smart programming for ko and just could focus on  
other things.

-Magnus