Re: [computer-go] Tesuji
On 9/11/07, Nick Wedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Who has the best Go programs at 19x19 level? I think David Fotland is only 2 Dan and his is one of the best. I know the old handtalk program was written by a very strong player. How strong is Michael Reiss? And the other top guys? Ken Chen is 6-dan. Chen, Zhixing, the writer of HandTalk/GoeMate is about 5-dan by European standards. Martin Müller and Robert Rehm are 5-dan. Daniel Bump and Arnoud Rutgers van der Loeff are 4-dan. David Forland is 3-dan. Joachim Pimiskern is 2-dan. Michael Reiss is 1-kyu. Wang, Yizao is 2-kyu. Guillaume Chaslot and Ivo Tonkes are 3-kyu. I have heard that Bruce Wilcox learned Go so as to be able to write a program to play it, and became 5-dan himself. It may be important to distinguish the ratings that people are now with their ratings when they started coding their program. I've improved by 9 stones (by kgs ratings) since I started my bot. (I wish I could say I'm a dan, but at 3k I think I'm still far from it). I find that sitting down to work on my bot often encourages me to play go instead... naturally leading to improved playing strength. I partly decided to write a bot so that I would be forced to solidify my go knowledge (through the process of teaching the computer what I know in a systematic way). Sadly, I don't think my coding of go has taught me anything about go yet. ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
[computer-go] Tesuji
Was reading a page about Go and came across this term. Anyone know what it means? Some googling yielded that it's some kind of tactic position. Though I might have misinterpreted it. -Josh ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Tesuji
Joshua Shriver said: Was reading a page about Go and came across this term. Anyone know what it means? Some googling yielded that it's some kind of tactic position. Though I might have misinterpreted it. Essentially, a sharp move. If we used the word in chess, moves that formed pins or knight forks would be examples. Books on tesuji show you positions where a particular kind of move works, the better to teach you how to recognize various configurations that typically offer opportunities for sharp tactical upsets. Forrest Curo San Diego - This email was sent using AIS WebMail. http://www.americanis.net/ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
Re: [computer-go] Tesuji
On 9/11/07, Joshua Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was reading a page about Go and came across this term. Anyone know what it means? With no disrespect intended, it seems like there are a fair number of go programmers who don't actually know go very much beyond the rules themselves. (I'm assuming from your question that you fall into this category.) So I'm curious why non-go-players (or minimal-go-players) are interested in programming go, instead of a game they know well. Is there a similar situation in chess (are there a lot of chess programmers who don't really know chess)? Hmm, maybe so. I also wonder whether experienced go programmers believe one needs to know go to be able to make a very strong go program. Or will some of the new Monte Carlo etc techniques sufficiently supplant expert domain knowledge that any good programmer with just a rudimentary knowledge of the rules of go will be able to make a strong go program? cheers, russ ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
