Sometimes players of roughly equal strength are strong for very different reasons.
I've known chess players that were about expert strength that knew very little about the game, but they were very strong with tactics and rarely made a mistake. I also knew other player about the same strength that were amazingly weak at tactics but really understood strategy and played solidly. So I'll bet the type of player you are is just as important as how strong you are. - Don On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:16 +0100, Jacques Basaldúa wrote: > I agree with all those who say it is important, but there is some > precision to be made: > > As a player you are as strong as your weakest link because you are > punished for your mistakes. > > As a programmer you are a strong as your strongest link. You know that > mistakes are just mistakes, as long as you can identify them, your > program won't do them. > > My advice is: Read about advanced strategical concepts (in books, not > only sensei) and watch dan players until you understand what they do. > Don't worry about your own level. It will increase anyway, but you will > still be beaten by players who know less than you but are way more solid. > > Understanding dan level play is some orders of magnitude easier than > playing dan level. > > Jacques. > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
