Re: computer-go: relative strengths chess vs go

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >In a real sense, there is no such thing as a good or excellent move in
> >2 player games  of perfect information like  Chess and Go.  There  are
> >only bad moves.  A good move is a human label  applied to a move which
> >is difficult to find or is  "pretty", a Go Devil  kind of move!  A bad
> >move is  a  move that doesn't   maintain  the game  theoretic outcome.
> >There is a maxim in chess that says the winner is the next to the last
> >person to make a mistake!   
> 
> Again only someone who doesn't play game at high level can only
> comment that there are only bad moves.

There are only 3 kinds of positions in Chess.  Wins, losses and draws.
That's what I'm talking about Vincent.  If you  find yourself in a won
position,  and play a move  that gives you  a LOST  position, you have
played a  bad move.  If  it pleases you, then you  can  call all other
moves "good", ok?

Now to  a  God, which is  the  context of  our discussion, you  cannot
consider 1  move "good", another "better"  and  a 3rd brilliant!  They
are all exactly the same to an all knowing Chess God.

Don