Re: computer-go: using move order information.

[Matthew John Saffell <saffell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just another anecdotal comment:  I've seen in professional go commentary,
and heard from a teaching pro, that on every move you should think about
playing away from where your opponent played.  Certainly you should always
be looking for a chance to acquire sente.  If you always let your opponent
dictate the direction of play, then your cause is lost.  Of course in many
cases it is appropriate to respond locally, but ignoring the whole-board
aspect of the game will never result in a strong player. 

Matt


On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Don Dailey wrote:

> 
> Very good question!  I have  considered this question at great lengths
> in  years past.  I  never  came to a firm   opinion on how useful this
> information is.  I do know that using  it is full  of traps, but since
> it is valid information, I can't help but feeling it could be useful.
> 
> There  are anecdotes  about humans  trying   to use  this information.
> There have been  times  that I  used the  fact that  a master made  no
> attempt to defend as an indication  that I didn't  really have a valid
> attack, I did this  to save time on  my clock when I  was short of it.
> It's an unreliable trick to use, trying to  cleverly use the opponents
> knowledge to your  advantage.  Had I  reached the  same exact position
> from a  different move order, I   may have tried  the attack,  and who
> knows, I may have won!
> 
> Don
> 
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