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

[Compgo123@xxxxxxx]

One way to compare degree of difficulty is to see how many years of training 
a person has to have to reach the top level. I don't know chess. For Go top 
players usually started training at 5 to 6 years old. If training starts 
later than 13 years old there is basically no hope to reach the top level.  

Another way to campare the degree of difficult is to see how difficult for a 
champ to hold his position. That is the degree of variance in a top player's 
tournament results. The bigger the variation, more difficult the game is. In 
Go rarely a top player can win all the tournaments in a same time periods. 

FYI. Some time ago there was a very good post on this list concerning how 
perfect the top Go players play. The common point of view from the top Go 
players is 1 to 2 stones from the perfect play.

Dan Liu