[Computer-go] Playing strenght versus respond time

2013-06-04 Thread Detlef Schmicker
I wonder if somebody tested the human playing strength versus bot respond time on kgs (with the same bot parameters otherwize). The reason I ask is: I want to test the scaling with playouts_per_move. Aya is so kind to offer its playouts per move and I wondered if the relatively bad scaling has to

Re: [Computer-go] Playing strenght versus respond time

2013-06-04 Thread Petri Pitkanen
I have only anecdotal evidence but still I am pretty sure of my observation: Faster I play faster my opponents respond - usually - regardless of time limits. So playing fast may well trigger bad moves by opponent. Petri 2013/6/4 Detlef Schmicker d...@physik.de I wonder if somebody tested the

Re: [Computer-go] Playing strenght versus respond time

2013-06-04 Thread Don Dailey
It's true. In fact it's well known in chess that if you are losing and the game is virtually a good last ditch effort is to start playing quickly. It can often evoke fast play from the opponent and possibly a resulting blunder. I salvage a couple of tournament games that way myself. Don