Re: computer-go: Re: best computer GO program

[William Harold Newman <william.newman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:59:13AM -0800, David Fotland wrote:
> 
> Many Faces (ManyFaces on IGS), and Go 4++/GoProfessional  (go4pp on IGS) 
> both are ranked
> 17k*.
> 
> Gnugo is 13k* on NNGS, and ratings there are closer to the AGA scale. Gnugo 
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> is a few stones
> weaker than the other top programs, so perhaps they would be 10 or 11k on 
> NNGS.

For any readers here who aren't familiar with NNGS, I'll point out
that this doesn't necessarily mean the ratings are very close to the
AGA scale. I don't know what the difference is at the 13k* level, but
I'm 3 dan (barely) in the AGA, and 2k* (barely) on NNGS, and this 4
stone difference (between AGA rating and NNGS rating) is similar for
the other AGA low-dan-rated players I've seen on NNGS.

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