Re: computer-go: Perfect play

[birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>> RoShamBoGod plays "random".   She knows that random play is 
>> game-theoretic optimal.

> I thought RoShamBoGod would be better than any mere mortal player.  According
> to the tournament results, "random" finished 41st in a field of 64 players
> with a rating of 1800.  The best player had a rating of 2307.  Shouldn't
> RoShamBoGod have the highest rating?

The problem here is that it's not a "full information" game. I agree
that "random" is the best strategy. The only reason that there
are ratings higher than "random" is that there are also programs
in the contest that play "sub-optimal".
Program with higher ratings (than 1800) take advatage of those
inferior programs, white "random" CANNOT do that ... it's just random.  

Christoph