> IMHO if I give handicap it is because the other > player is weaker, so I > don't *have* to play foolishly - he will make > mistakes that I can see > and exploit. If I still can't win, it means the > handicap should be > lowered...
and any go program would operate the same way. it would look hopeless at the first move (as it does to any white player who is giving a handicap), but as soon as a mistake was made, white would exploit it and his probability to win (or whatever measure he's using) would increase. yes, it would look entirely desperate until those inefficient moves were played by his opponent, but it always does to humans as well. in a 9-stone game, you can expect a move *that you, as white, can see is inefficient* in, say, the first 5 moves. in a 2-stone game, perhaps the first 50. to a "probability of win" program, this would just look like a massive jump in white's probability to win. which is good news for white. depending upon when you see them and how bad these moves are, the handicap should be effectively negated before or just after the start of yose. MC (for instance) shouldn't have any trouble with this. 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/
