Sylvain Gelly wrote:
You should also know that we never claimed that "MoGo plays 9x9
go near the level of a professional go player", . . .
Just curious: Do 9x9 professionals exist? When we say professional
we mean 19x19 professional. Of course, there must be a correlation.
One expects an Olympic final level 100 meter runner to run 400
meters much faster than any of us, but not faster than a 400 meter
runner.
Call me picky if you want, but I spend a lot of time processing
go knowledge and none of it is board size independent. The relative
value of the corners, the sides and the center are too different.
Josekis do not work at different sizes either. I am repeating myself,
but I constantly repeat the idea that in a two day professional
game the first day must be dedicated to the first 50 moves. The
precise value of these moves cannot be determined by search as in
the end of the game. Professional players use study and experience.
And that is board size dependent.
Jacques.
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