> I don't have any reason to believe > this only applies to chess but not other games.
the more you play go, i think the more you will come to believe that chess and go are not remotely similar, and things that you've learned about chess do not necessarily have direct analogues in go. (or more importantly, that there are a lot of go concepts that have no analogues in the chess realm). > A lot of top pro's have probably put 10 years worth of study into their > game assuming they study for 30 or 40 years 8 hours a day in a highly > focused and productive way. go seigen went from not knowing anything about the game at age 9 to being comparable to pro strength at age 12. by age 18, he was a top pro. he is arguably one of the top two or three players to have ever played. this, conveniently, is actually an argument on your side -- after all, how many game-length doubling periods are there in 6 years, anyway? how about 3 years? by the way, i was once told that "serious disagreements about the game" still exist among players below about 5d amateur. so i wouldn't take too much on credit from anyone below that rank (myself of course included). s. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
