On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 09:24 -0800, Ben Shoemaker wrote: > > ... 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.
Yes, this seems a proven fact. It's no small thing either, maximizing your winning chances is a BIG win over maximizing territory in MC. - Don > Ben Shoemaker. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
