>From a quick look, I would say the bots' evaluation in this case is entirely
correct. Zen was quite far ahead, and then made some bad endgame mistakes.
The trade around move 200 is particularly costly. Playing even a simple safe
move at 176 (like B10) would win the game without trouble.

Christian


On 26 August 2010 10:01, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Tonight an interesting game was played in the
> > cellars of KGS: Zen19N vs Tromp.
> > (Zen is a bot, Tromp is John Tromp...)
> >
> > You can download the sgf from the KGS archives at
> > http://www.gokgs.com/gameArchives.jsp?user=tromp&year=2010&month=8
> >
> > For a long time bots (Zen itself, Many Faces) believed
> > that White (=Zen) was clearly ahead. But around move 200
> > the evaluations swung over, until Tromp won after move 271.
>
> Thanks Ingo. What are people's thoughts: were the programs mistaken in
> their optimism, or did Zen make a mistake in the middle game?
>
> Darren
>
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