Re: computer-go: Ratings, God and everything.

[birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> I've talked to professionals who estimated the difference between a top
> player and perfect play is somewhere between 3 and 4 stones. Otake (9-dan)
> once said that if his life depended on it to win, he would surely need 4
> stones. But he admitted he might actually need 5 stones, but it would be
> against his pride as a professional to take 5 stones and he would rather
> die. Fact is of course that nobody knows, and that's the same for Chess.

There's an important point here: 4-5 stones to win (for life!).
But how many stones for an even game?

Christoph