Re: computer-go: Perfect play

[birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> In fact, it is clear in these tournaments that the Glicko (son of ELO)
> rating of a player depends on the ratings of the other players.  So I'm
> not sure talking about an absolute rating for perfect play even makes sense.

Perfect play is actually the only absolute yard-stick you can 
use for a rating system. It does not depend on the quality of
players in your "tournament".
If we had a machine that played perfectly we could define an
absolute rating. Now our rating system (chess or go) are only
relative to the other players.

Christoph