On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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) > If you accept that the number of 'dan' ranks for a handicap stone increases, maybe the difference in rank between god and a 9p may actually be very, very high as the number of ranks accounting for the last stone could be dozens or more. > That's a lot of mistakes Rin thinks the top pros are making. I think it's conceivable that Rin Kaiho makes a mistake (in god's eyes) nearly every move that is not obviously forced. I'd be surprised if it's less than a few dozen in a game. Still, maybe the difference could be 4 stones. Mark _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
