Re: Joseki libraries (was: Re: computer-go: About Viking)

["Vlad Dumitrescu" <vladdu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Joseki are good for strong programs, not for weak ones. My program has
> no joseki, and it often plays the first bad move in a joseki like 
> situation.
> However, weak programs based on reflex patterns cannot handle well the
> unusual situation and also play bad moves. So it is not a handicap against
> them, but against Goemate or Many Faces, it surely is.
One doesn't need to use josekis as blind rules, but they can be useful in 
for example ordering the moves and thus directing the search with some 
qualified info.

And of course, a joseki library should maybe include bad moves too, as many 
of them are tricky to handle.


just some thoughts. regards,
Vlad
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