On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Daniel Bump <b...@sporadic.stanford.edu> wrote: > >> Both the manual http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo_3.html#SEC35 >> and man page simply say that the --level option defaults to 10 and >> that smaller is weaker. This to my mind underspecifies what the >> options are. Are negative numbers sensible? gnugo still runs: >> [09:17 AM] 525Mb$ gnugo --level -1 -l cledo-gwern-552577-20100224.sgf >> black (X) move L5 > > Negative levels are not really supported.
What do they even mean at all? > However there is some > improvement in strength past level 10. Processors are faster > now and sometimes GNU Go has been run at level 12 in tournaments. I didn't notice much time consumption difference on my early-stage games between 10 and 13, so perhaps 12 might also be a better default. > I think there are cases at around level 18 when GNU Go did not > seem to terminate and make a move in a reasonable amount of > time. > > Daniel Bump And the docs? -- gwern _______________________________________________ gnugo-devel mailing list gnugo-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnugo-devel
