> ... Having the "floating" goal makes it win about 47%, so a > slight decrease in strength.. but I'm sure a bit of tweaking may > actually make it stronger. The best part is that it now wins by 51pts > and loses by 17pts on average.
It is said that the game of go rewards balance and penalizes aggression. I wonder if this struggle between wins and territory are in fact a feature of balanced play? It appears that a stronger player results from focusing on winning and not maximizing territory. I find this a very interesting line of research. Ben Shoemaker. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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