RE: computer-go: GoeMate is now 1st in 13x13-CGoT

["Mark Boon" <tesuji@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:owner-computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Reiss
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:32 AM
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> Subject: Re: computer-go: GoeMate is now 1st in 13x13-CGoT
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>
> > Please have a look at the games and tell me your opinion:
> > Does a tournament like this show the real playing strength of the
> > programs or is there still too much of luck and chance?
>
> Playing more games certainly reduces the element of luck. If you look
> at how many different winners there have been in recent computer go
> tournaments in the past couple of years you could either conclude
> that there are five or six programs incredibly close in strength
> or that the contests have too few games to really find the strongest.
> I personally would conclude the latter.
>

The one possibility doesn't exclude the other. If one program had been
clearly stronger than the others, the results would have shown it, even if
there are only few results.