Many Faces of Go's Monte Carlo engine plays strongly using Japanese rules. It's required for sales in American and japan (as AI Igo). I don't use Remi's trick, since there are sometimes points remaining when your opponent passes when playing against weaker players.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rémi Coulom > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:02 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Monte-Carlo and Japanese rules > > Ingo Althöfer wrote: > > Hello all, two questions. > > > > (i) Do there exist strong 9x9-go programs on Monte-Carlo base > > for Japanese rules? > > > > (ii) Having available only programs for Chinese rules, but playing > > in a tournament with Japanese rules, which special tricks and > > settings should be used to maximise winning chances? (This is meant > > especially in the light of MC's tendency to win games by 0.5 > > points according to the rules implemented.) > > > > Ingo. > > > Hi Ingo, > > The standard trick is to pass as soon as your opponent passes. For this > to work, you need to take a one-point security margin with the komi. You > should also score seki the Japanese way. > > That is how Crazy Stone played the UEC Cup and the matches at FIT2008. > In fact, for the UEC cup, Crazy Stone did not understand seki, so I took > a bigger security margin with the komi. But a bigger security margin is > not good for 9x9. > > Rémi > _______________________________________________ > 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/
