RE: [computer-go] Learning : was Chess programs versus go programs

[Arend Bayer <arend.bayer@xxxxxx>]

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, David Fotland wrote:

> I think that going to 4 liberties instead of 3 doesn't cost much, since it
> is easy to prove that most 4 liberty groups must get 5 liberties soon.  I'll
> try the experiment though, and see what the speed/strength tradeoff is for
> defining escape as 4 liberties instead of 5.

I think the fault with this reasoning is that these are leave nodes;
since most nodes are leave nodes, _any_ speedup at leave nodes makes a
big difference. 

Arend

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