On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 00:48 +0100, Tom Cooper wrote: > Being a strong player has many obvious advantages, which other people > have listed. My concern is that as I get more proficient at a skill > like go, the more basic aspects of that skill move from my conscious > mind to a more instinctive level, and I forget the reasons for them. > In some ways the ideal time to add a go insight to your program is > while the insight is still fresh in your mind.
In a small way, being a strong player can hurt too. I'm sure it helps much more than it hurts but it does introduce "notions" or biases. A strong master at chess once showed me a couple of problems that he claimed a weaker player was more likely to find - because the tactics involved some ugly moves that completely go against the grain of a strong player. - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
