> Thanks for posting. David (and others) made great progress. From these > games it doesn't quite look like 1d yet? At least not on that > hardware. But it's getting there.
John thought it might be 1-kyu (this assumes John is 2-dan) and I think that is reasonable: if the computer got a 2-stone handicap I think win rate might be nearer 50%, and if the computer got 3-stones I think John would be in trouble. John didn't notice much difference in the better hardware (*) used on day 2 (about 20,000 playouts/second, instead of 10,000 I was getting on my notebook). My feeling, watching computer stats and some of the KGS feedback, was that the computer is generally okay in the opening; it's joseki would be better if it didn't tenuki so much. Then in the middle game it is sometimes stronger than John, then sometimes so weak even I could play better moves. John's advice to beat the computer was to: a) be patient and wait for it to screw up; b) don't make weak groups, as the computer is good at attacking them. Darren *: I'll write up my notes on using Amazon EC2 in a few days. If you're actually interested, please do nag me. -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - happening now!) 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
