> IMHO, mirror go is appealing because it lures us > into hoping that it > would be easier to recognize the opponent's > inefficient moves than to > play the most efficient ones ourselves.
that's a good point. i guess what i was after was the following: is it likely that mirror go would be what we would see between two 'perfect' players, for at least the first few (4, 10, 20?) moves? it would be fairly interesting if ideal play looked like that -- it's extremely annoying to some people, and there is a tendency not to let our programs behave in ways that would be considered antisocial over the board. > Regarding tengen, I remember reading Takemiya Masaki > 9d making the > following analogy (from memory): that's really very nice. i do wonder how much of our openings are habit and comfort versus actual advantage. i once saw a 4h (chinese handicap) opening that was ponnuki centered around tengen. i don't remember who won, just those first 4 moves. s. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
