> big numbers even with the 3 grades correction. Also, a 4p is not a > 7p. The difference should be about one stone. 4p is equivalent to 8d > EGF. So i would say winning with seven stones against a 4p suggests > that Crazy stone is about 1d - 2d. This is similar to the result > achieved by Mogo.
Though on less hardware (8 cores instead of hundreds). However I think the rank may be even lower - I took the "4 or 5 dan" from the blog article without thinking, but you're right, pro ranks are about 1/3 of a handicap stone, so 4p would be roughly 8d, giving us 1-2 dan Japanese, or 1kyu-ish European. (Perhaps the 4 or 5 dan grade was based on the audience's opinion from watching the game? I.e. perhaps they thought it would still have won given a lower handicap?) Darren > > Crazy stone then played against Kaori Aoba, 4p, at a 7-stone handicap > and won by resignation. Making crazy stone 4 or 5 dan, by Japanese > standards. Maybe 2-3 dan European? -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (English-Japanese-German-Chinese-Arabic open source dictionary/semantic network) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
