Congratulations to Steenvreeter!
I looked at the games against MoGo and Crazystone to see what this
engine might
do. But it is really hard since most moves played by the top programs
are quite
good.
In the second game against CrazyStone it played like a weak MC-program in the
opening - playing all moves in the center and allowing Crazystone as white to
make two rock solid groups which in my experience should be an easy win for
white. But Crazystone then played some slow moves and made a tactical blunder
when Crazystone ignored a forcing move by playing a forcing move which
Steenvreeter defended against with a third forcing move threatening to kill a
group so Crazystone ended up having to reply to two large threats and
collapsed.
My impression is that Steenvreeter is a MC-program because it sometimes played
moves that I find typical of MC-programs, but that it uses some very good
tactics and L&D reading in the playouts. It played very strong in all tactical
situations as far as I could see in a quick overview. Or perhaps it is
a hybrid
of a strong tactics engine and MC. Just a guess.
Will we see Steenvreeter on CGOS soon or has it already played there with a
different name?
-Magnus
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