> For high handicap games taking black, giving white a big initial komi that > decreases with time seems to help a lot. ...
Does that mean you've implemented and shown some improvement in Many Faces? (In handicap games against humans?) (As both black and white?) I think Petr Baudis has shown a positive benefit in even games too, but hasn't published those results yet. And I think Magnus (Valkyria) got a similar result (though not sure if that was just in handicap games). Darren > Otherwise at the first move, the > program thinks it has over 80% win rate, and plays passively. This is not > the way to win against a stronger player. > Magnus, Erica does not have dynamic komi. I didn't expect to win, so I never > tested any handicaped game before. Also, I changed the komi 7.5 to 0.5 just > before the game start. I believe Zen, Many Faces, even Mogo, must do much > better in handicaped games. -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - who will win?) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
