At 11:42 4-12-2004 -0800, Ray Tayek wrote:
>btw, most games are recorded with black making the first move in the upper
>right corner. so us go players are used to seeing everything that way. ...
Now you say that i again remember it vaguely.
I already wondered why those go programs have so much problems when i start
differently.
Having black i usually start in the bottom, in the center of course.
surely the programs know about the symmetries of the square. playing in the
middle is perhaps what is confusing them. iirc, my teacher (mr. yang) has
observed that the programs do not do well if you make unusual attaching
(contact) moves.