Re: [computer-go] Pattern matching - example play

[Vincent Diepeveen <diep@xxxxxxxxx>]

The research from De Groot is very clear David.

No discussions possible. A professional player does *not* see more than an
amateur player. Period.

At 11:05 29-11-2004 -0800, David Weiss wrote:
>I don't know that much about Chess, and
>am not all that interested.  In Go,
>players analyze various sequences of moves,
>and reject those that don't work.  Profesional
>Go players are not monosyllabic idiot savants, 
>but people who have read out sequences of moves
>for different possible alternatives, and base
>their play on this.  
>
>Of course the judgement of professional players 
>is better than that of amateurs without any reading.
>Professionals play simultaneous games against
>large numbers of amateurs all the time, and only
>lose about one or two stones in ability when playing 
>very quickly.  The additional 9 hours that they 
>take in a tournament game takes them from the level
>of an extremely strong amateur to a professional.
>Still, they are actually reading out stuff and
>using that information in deciding a move.
>
>> Play some 65 years old player who some years ago
>> played for the world title
>> chess.
>> 
>> They just see each time it is their move a single
>> move. As they do not see
>> a single other move and just consider this move they
>> play it. That move
>> happens each time to be the best move, so they win
>> the game.
>> 
>
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