Quoting Darren Cook <[email protected]>:
Does anyone have any thoughts of the value of prepared 19x19 openings at the current level of computer go?
The value is very close to zero on 19x19, possibly negative because you force the program to play positions it did not volunteer to play. There are dozens of playable moves when no urgent joseki has to be played.
I used to have a database of 50000 pro games or so from which Viking (my old conventional program) did pattern matching on but it really just made it play nicer but not stronger.
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