Don Dailey wrote: > After converting all the game to a canonical representation, I > discovered that Leela always plays the first 4 moves the equivalent of > this: > > C3 D4 C4 D3 - all 784 games started like this or the equivalent > > > After this, BLACK varied significantly: > > BLACK WINS/GAMES PERCENTAGE > ----------------- ------------- > C3 D4 C4 D3 C2 0 out of 6 = 0.000 percent > C3 D4 C4 D3 C5 1 out of 4 = 25.000 percent > C3 D4 C4 D3 D2 103 out of 428 = 24.065 percent > C3 D4 C4 D3 D5 82 out of 339 = 24.189 percent > C3 D4 C4 D3 E3 0 out of 4 = 0.000 percent > C3 D4 C4 D3 E4 0 out of 2 = 0.000 percent > C3 D4 C4 D3 E5 0 out of 1 = 0.000 percent > > In this sequence, the only statistically interesting moves are D2 and > D5 for black, because these 2 choice constitute the vast majority of > the games. (It might be slightly more interesting if other moves showed > black doing well, but in the minor lines of play black is losing.) The > 2 "good" moves appear to be approximately equal in value ... however, > let's check that out.
They ought to be equal in value, because they're equivalent moves under reflection. -M- _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
