Re: computer-go: Good Play (was FPGA)

[engels@xxxxxxxxxx (Andre Engels)]

Sam Sloan wrote:

> The average chess position has 27 possible legal moves of which no more
> than 6 or 7 are reasonable.
> 
> Almost every move is reasonable in the early stages of a game of go, except
> for moves on the edge.

I disagree with that. The number is certainly higher than that of chess,
but 'almost every move' is much overdoing it. I think the 6 or 7 moves
in chess would correspond with 20 or 30 in Go.

> I have heard estimates that God, if he exists, could give the top go
> players in the world 13 stones and beat them easily.

The estimate I have heared most is 3 to 4 stones, rather than 13.


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