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

[Christoph Birk]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Don Dailey wrote:
> And can I assume the tree portion is also inhibited from seeing this due
> to a combination of factors such as heuristics to delay exploring "ugly"
> moves as well as  the weakness of the play-outs in this regard (which
> would cause the tree to not be inclined to get close enough to the issue
> to understand it properly?)

It might also be reading-depth. Some nakade forms need quite deep reading
you want to "discover" them on-the-fly. 10 kyu humans know that the
bulky-five is dead; no reading required.

Christoph