Re: [computer-go] new Go applet Go.

[David Fotland <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried again with Many Faces playing black, and all of the white stones died.
Godot plays a sharp tactical game, and had several good chances, but wasn't
able to follow through.  Sgf is attached.  I didn't see a way to set the 
level.  I just played
against what came up.

Regards,

David Fotland

At 11:39 AM 1/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:

> I just tried a game with Many Faces, with godot as black.  It plays pretty 
> well, but
> Many Faces beat it by 13 points.
>
> The info display said godot was black though, and white was anonymous.  I 
> couldn't
> figure out how to set the opponent's name.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
> At 08:17 PM 1/25/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> > I have written an applet that plays Go on a 9x9 board. It can be accessed
> > under
> >
> > http://jenslieberum.de/godot/godot.html .
> >
> > On my computer, the applet needs at most ten seconds per move. In a direct
> > comparison, it reaches the strength of Go++ on Level 2 and has won a single
> > game against Gnugo  (I do not tell you how many games it has lost against
> > Gnugo ...). I know about some weaknesses (and probably bugs) of the program,
> > but I would enjoy having more games to see which improvements are most
> > urgent. The applet has a highscore list where the best games are stored. I
> > wonder how long it will take, until the highscore list contains only games
> > with the highest possible score of 2004 points (this means to capture all
> > black groups against 5 handicap stones) ...
> > Below, I have attached the description of the applet from my homepage.
> >
> > Best regards and have fun,
> >   Jens.
> >
> >
> >
> > Godot v1.0 was finished on January 25, 2004. I borrowed many parts of the
> > user interface and some parts of the computer engine from my Amazons applet
> > Amazong. The search algorithm of Godot is simple. It chooses the move with
> > the best evaluation (one ply search). In the evaluation function Godot does
> > a lot of local search (ladders, block safety, connections) and has some
> > rudimentary knowledge about eyes, groups, life and death, and territory. In
> > the opening Godot does not consider all possible moves in order to avoid
> > very bad moves. In the endgame, it excludes some bad moves from search in
> > order to be faster. Godot does not (yet) use patterns, move evaluation, and
> > joseki/fuseki libraries and has no explicit knowledge about good shape and
> > sente/gote.
> >
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GM[1]FF[4]VW[]AP[Many Faces of Go:11.0]
SZ[9]
HA[0]
ST[1]
PB[The Many Faces of Go]
PW[Godot]
DT[2004-01-25]
KM[0.0]
RU[Japanese];B[ee];W[ed];B[fd];W[cd];B[eb];W[cf];B[eg];W[dc]
;B[bc];W[ef];B[fe];W[ff];B[db];W[cb];B[fg];W[bd];B[gf];W[df]
;B[ch];W[gg];B[hf];W[hg];B[gh];W[ec];B[fc];W[ca];B[cc];W[dg]
;B[dh];W[hd];B[dd];W[gb];B[he];W[id];B[ad];W[hh];B[fi];W[hi]
;B[ie];W[gd];B[ge];W[eh];B[fh];W[ei];B[di];W[bh];B[gc];W[cg]
;B[bi];W[ag];B[ah];W[bg];B[ig];W[ai];B[ih];W[gi];B[be];W[hb]
;B[hc];W[ib];B[ga];W[ea];B[da];W[ci];B[ii];W[ce];B[ae];W[ic]
;B[bi];W[ei];B[ah];W[tt];B[eh];W[dc];B[ec];W[ab];B[bb];W[ac]
;B[aa];W[ac];B[ab];W[tt];B[ai];W[ci];B[bi];W[tt];B[tt])
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