Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Jacques BasaldĂșa
Christoph Birk wrote: I don't think 2200 ELO on the 9x9 CGOS is equivalent to 'high dan-level' play. Neither do I. In fact the whole kyu/dan rating system applies only to 19x19. 9x9 is not deep enough to have have so many ranks. On a 9x9 board an average amateur beats a pro with handicap 3.

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread RĂ©mi Coulom
Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: If someone has factual data[*] about 9 x 9 performance of current bots I'll gladly revise the estimate on the webpage on my own. Mogo is around 2500 on CGOS: http://cgos.boardspace.net/9x9/cross/MoGo_psg7.html In Amsterdam, ajahuang (kgs 6d) played a few games

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Mogo is around 2500 on CGOS: http://cgos.boardspace.net/9x9/cross/MoGo_psg7.html This implies you believe the ratings didn't shift over time. http://computer-go.org/pipermail/computer-go/2007-October/011405.html http://cgos.boardspace.net/9x9/cross/MoGo_monothreadC.html

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Don Dailey
Hi Gian-Carlo, There is an interesting phenomenon going on when it comes to the perception and advertisement of game playing strength. One is that people take time to accept concepts they are used to thinking differently about. I remember one human (chess) player who was pretty weak for many

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Robert Jasiek
Don Dailey wrote: Just a few years ago it was widely held that computers will not reach Dan level in my lifetime even in 9x9 Go.When it happened in 9x9 go, it was not accepted - the day it happened passed us by and nobody noticed it. It's probably still not common knowledge and it will

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Don Dailey
Robert Jasiek wrote: Don Dailey wrote: Just a few years ago it was widely held that computers will not reach Dan level in my lifetime even in 9x9 Go.When it happened in 9x9 go, it was not accepted - the day it happened passed us by and nobody noticed it. It's probably still not

RE: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread David Fotland
:54 AM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective. Don Dailey wrote: Just a few years ago it was widely held that computers will not reach Dan level in my lifetime even in 9x9 Go.When it happened in 9x9 go, it was not accepted - the day

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Don Dailey
David Fotland wrote: You can't add a fixed ELO offset per stone because games between stronger players have much lower variance in score. A handicap stone is approximately a score offset (about 7.5 points for the first handicap stone, and about 15 points for each additional stone). ELO

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Robert Jasiek
David Fotland wrote: It's not clear if you are talking about professional Dan level or Amateur Dan level. I have meant the latter. I've played the top 9x9 programs at 9x9, and so have several other amateur Dan players, and I think we all agree that the top 9x9 programs have reached amateur

RE: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-04 Thread Christoph Birk
On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, David Fotland wrote: It's not clear if you are talking about professional Dan level or Amateur Dan level. I've played the top 9x9 programs at 9x9, and so have several other amateur Dan players, and I think we all agree that the top 9x9 programs have reached amateur Dan

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-03 Thread Christoph Birk
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Russell Wallace wrote: I haven't seen Leela before, but the claim of high dan-level performance on 9x9 is certainly interesting. I don't think 2200 ELO on the 9x9 CGOS is equivalent to 'high dan-level' play. Christoph ___

[computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-02 Thread Joshua Shriver
There was a thread on CCC (computer chess) about Go. An interesting post was made that linked to Leela, a Go engine and GUI written by the author of Deep Sjeng which is a moderate to high level chess engine. http://www.sjeng.org/leela.html Have any of you bought or tested the full version or

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-02 Thread Russell Wallace
On Dec 2, 2007 2:02 PM, Joshua Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a thread on CCC (computer chess) about Go. An interesting post was made that linked to Leela, a Go engine and GUI written by the author of Deep Sjeng which is a moderate to high level chess engine.

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-02 Thread Sanghyeon Seo
2007/12/2, Joshua Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There was a thread on CCC (computer chess) about Go. An interesting post was made that linked to Leela, a Go engine and GUI written by the author of Deep Sjeng which is a moderate to high level chess engine. http://www.sjeng.org/leela.html Have

Re: [computer-go] New engine? From a Chess programmer perspective.

2007-12-02 Thread Joshua Shriver
Sure, it's a long URL though. http://64.68.157.89/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17341postdays=0postorder=asctopic_view=start=30 -Josh On Dec 2, 2007 10:42 AM, Russell Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 2, 2007 2:02 PM, Joshua Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a thread on CCC (computer