On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 12:59:30PM -0500, Don Dailey wrote: > A good point to consider - is "God" actively trying to confuse his > opponent and complicate things, or is he simply playing objectively best > moves? >
I have heard this terminology somewhere, but can't remember where: A "god" plays perfectly, without trying to confuse the opponent, assuming the opponent will play perfectly too, and the game flowing naturally to its logical conclusion. A "devil" plays nearly perfectly, but will put up traps for an unwary opponent, play to complicate things when it is in his advantage to do so. Thus a "devil" is more likely to win over human opponents, even from too large handicaps. But a "god" will win over the "devil", as he will not fall in any of the traps, but can use the suboptimal play spent in setting those up. -H -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
