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

[Erik van der Werf <e.vanderwerf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Boon wrote:
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  > [mailto:computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Erik van der
>  > Werf
>  > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 17:01
>  > To: computer-go
>  > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Pattern matching - example play
>  >
>  > Personally I think that at the current level of computer Go 9x9 is very
>  > interesting. After all beginners start on 9x9, not on 19x19. If we
>  > cannot even build a decent 9x9 player how can we ever hope to succeed on
>  > 19x19?
>
> That may be true but still not relevant. If we're mainly interested in
> making a Go program play 19x19 (which I think most of us are) then 
> 'solving'
> 9x9 does not guarantee to bring us much closer to our goal of making a 
> 19x19
> program. The effort involved in making a program play well on 9x9 may 
> not be
> a good investment when your goal is really 19x19.
Maybe, maybe not, as it stands now nobody really knows how to make a 
strong 19x19 program. The only thing I know is that what I learned when 
writing a program to solve 5x5 helped quite a lot to improve the 
strength on 9x9.

E.
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