computer-go: Learn from Self-Play

["Ran Xiao" <ranxiao@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, there,

I set my program ForeverBlack at a self-play mode to learn full board
evaluation function. After about 700 games (started from playing with other
computer GO programs, then self-play) on 9x9 board, I fell ForeverBlack
becoming interesting. The following is a latest self-play record (2-ply full
board search by the evaluation function only without any pattern database,
the final scoring is using so called Chinese scoring as explained in
TurboGO).

Weimin Xiao

Date Sun Feb 16 09:17:45 CST 2003
Boardsize 9
Handicap  0
Komi  5.5
Black ForeverBlack
White ForeverBlack
Score 37  31
  B 0 C3
  W 1 B4
  B 2 C6
  W 3 B7
  B 4 B5
  W 5 C4
  B 6 B6
  W 7 C2
  B 8 C8
  W 9 D4
  B 10 D3
  W 11 D5
  B 12 C7
  W 13 C5
  B 14 D7
  W 15 D1
  B 16 D9
  W 17 E2
  B 18 E3
  W 19 E4
  B 20 C9
  W 21 D6
  B 22 F2
  W 23 B8
  B 24 E8
  W 25 E5
  B 26 E6
  W 27 E7
  B 28 D2
  W 29 F3
  B 30 E1
  W 31 F5
  B 32 F6
  W 33 F4
  B 34 F7
  W 35 G3
  B 36 G2
  W 37 J7
  B 38 B2
  W 39 H8
  B 40 C1
  W 41 H6
  B 42 B3
  W 43 H7
  B 44 E2
  W 45 H4
  B 46 E7
  W 47 H5
  B 48 B9
  W 49 H3
  B 50 F9
  W 51 G8
  B 52 E9
  W 53 G6
  B 54 C2
  W 55 H2
  B 56 F1
  W 57 J3
  B 58 G4
  W 59 J4
  B 60 F8
  W 61 H1
  B 62 A8
  W 63 G5
  B 64 A7
  W 65 J6
  B 66 G9
  W 67 G7
  B 68 B7
  W 69 A6
  B 70 A2
  W 71 A4
  B 72 A3
  W 73 G1
  B 74 A5
  W 75 H9