Re: AI Methods in Go

[cesczx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Chen Zhixing)]

> HandTalk is a very good program, it seems to have a lot of
>go knowledge and some tricks. It killed my big groups and defeated me
>serveral times when I was careless at the very beginning. But it has
>obvious shortcomings: 1) weak live-death judgement. It performs well for
>some cases, but not for all the cases; 2) inconsistency of strategy.
>Sometimes it fights with you, and fights in the right way. But suddenly it
>will give up the fighting and abandon the group. Why does it fight at the
>very beginning, then? 
>	Can Professor Chen give some explanation?

   Handtalk's move is aimless, so it cannot be consistent.


Chen Zhixing
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