RE: computer-go: new strategy game with $10,000 prize

["Cuijpers, P.J.L." <P.J.L.Cuijpers@xxxxxx>]

>From looking only at the rules of this game I get the feeling that it will
not be harder than Go to program.

- The total number of board positions is definitely less, unless you play
9x9...
- The rules are still more complex than the rules of Go
- Due to the fact that some pieces are worth more than others
  finding an evaluation function for a board position should
  be easier than in Go.
- The board is smaller, which makes the game (I feel) more tactical.

Regarding the challenge: Indeed, the factor that there are no expert-humans 
yet makes it both harder to find an evaluation function, and easier to win 
by brute force.

Greetz. Pieter

PS. If you've got a good brute-force routine on your shelve, I'd say give it
a try!

-----Original Message-----
From: David Fotland [mailto:fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 January 2003 00:59
To: computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: computer-go: new strategy game with $10,000 prize



http://arimaa.com/arimaa/

He thinks his game is 100x more complex than go, and offers $10,000 for a 
program
that can beat a human by 2020, with $1000 for the best program at the end 
of 2003.

I think this prize can be won this year, but I don't have time to work on it
:(

Any takers?

David