> > > what makes you think the opening theory with reverse komi would be the > same as with standard komi? > > The value network only needs to know a given position of the board and a piece of information who plays next, whether it is a green player or a red player. Then it tells you a winning percentage for a green player. Does it make sense?
Best, Paweł > I would be afraid to invest an enormous amount of time just to learn, > that you have to open differently in reverse komi games :) > > > Detlef > > Am 05.01.2017 um 10:50 schrieb Paweł Morawiecki: > > 2017-01-04 21:07 GMT+01:00 David Ongaro <david.ong...@hamburg.de>: > > > >> > >> [...]So my question is: is it possible to have reverse Komi games > >> by feeding the value network with reverse colors? > >> > > > > In the paper from Nature (subsection "Features for policy/value > > network"), authors state: > > > > *the stone colour at each intersection was represented as either > > player or opponent rather than black or white. * > > > > Then, I think the AlphaGo algorithm would be fine with a reverse > > komi. Namely, a human player takes black and has 7.5 komi. The next > > step is that AlphaGo gives 2 stones of handicap but keeps 7.5 komi > > (normally you have 0.5). > > > > Aja, can you confirm this? > > > > > >> Also having 2 stone games is not so interesting since it would > >> reveal less insights for even game opening Theory. > >> > > > > I agree with David here, most insights we would get from even > > games. But we can imagine the following show. Some games are played > > with a reverse komi, some games would be played with 2 stones (yet, > > white keeps 7.5 komi) and eventually the main event with normal > > even games to debunk our myths on the game. Wouldn't be super > > exciting!? > > > > Best regards, Paweł > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing > > list Computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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