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

[Ray Tayek <rtayek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:20 AM 12/4/04, you wrote:
> ... the key to a strong go program is a strong evaluation, not better 
> search.  The
> search tricks are irrelevant without good evaluation.  ...
there is probably a lot of agreement about this among go players.

> ... Likewise, to play good go, you need o understand things like "aji", ...
yes, and things like timing and asking moves etc.

i suspect the chess people could do very useful work here. i wonder if 
these concepts (like agi etc.) could be abstracted or found in some other game?

another thing that may be confusing (at least to me , not being a chess 
player) is the rating systems. iirc, 2200 is a master of some sort in chess.

but in go people start at say 25 kyu and if we suppose that a 9 dan pro is 
sorta like  a 10 dan amateur, we get a 35 stone handicap difference. if the 
average go player is 10 kyu worldwide  (i'm guessing), what is the average 
chess player's rating? (i.am guessing 1200 because of playing on yahoo).

so spotting someone a pawn in chess may be like giving some a few handicap 
stones?

my understanding is that many of the go programs are said to be 3-4 kyu, 
but i (a 1-dan) can give manyfaces and smart go 7 stones and beat them 
easily using normal (handicap) play, so they seem to me to be about 8kyu or 
so (but i have no experience with the latest programs from the competitions)

maybe some ideas like this can put things in perspective?

thanks

---
ray tayek <http://tayek.com/>, co-chair <http://www.ocjug.org/>, actively 
seeking telecommuting work.

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