--- Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> terry mcintyre wrote:
> > I've been thinking a bit about the collection of
> > patterns from games, whether of professionals or
> of
> > programs.
> >
> > It is possible to get some remarkably high
> correlation
> > between the moves played by pros and a predictor -
> yet
> > still not have a good program. Why?
> >
>
> In my opinion it's because playing go is more about
> the quality of your weakest moves, it's not the
> average quality of the moves. You pretty much have
> to play every move at a given level to actually be
> playing at
> that level. Of course that's a simplification but
> gets the point across. Some moves can be found by
> relatively weak players and the difference between
> good and great players is in a small percentage of
> the moves.
Very true! I have the very good fortune to play
against a pro from time to time. ( He gives me 9
stones and I try to minimize my losses after that
point. ) Many of my moves look very like those of a a
pro player, but I'm still somewhere around 5 kyu on
KGS. It's one thing to play the first three moves of
the Chinese Opening; it's another to correctly handle
the umpty-seven variations which follow - especially
variants which would never appear in pro games.
I've watched a pro patiently wait for one mistake,
after which the game unravels. It's like breaking the
weakest link of a chain. We lower-level players
usually have many such weaknesses, not obvious when we
play against people or programs at a similar level.
Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state
education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit
obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons [June 15, 1874]
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