> Rin Kaiho also said a long time ago that he would need 4 stones from > god. So kudos to Rin. > >> There was a study about 10 or 15 years ago that used the measured >> variance >> in score to extrapolate perfect play (with zero variance), and it got 4 >> stones better than the top pros. That's where this estimate comes from.
So, this is actual handicap stones, not pro ranks? So "God" is not 12- or 13-dan pro, but something like 21-dan pro? (assuming 3 pro ranks per handicap stone; 28-dan pro if 4 ranks per handicap stone) That's a lot of mistakes Rin thinks the top pros are making. Darren _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
