So far, each doubling has produced extremely lopsided scores in 19x19 Go. In fact, the superiority of the higher level has increased with each doubling - but I think that is a temporary phenomenon that will eventually turn around. I think this also happened in 9x9 go at really low levels.
The superiority of a doubling in 19x19 go is considerably more than in 9x9. Someone on this group pointed out a theory why a few weeks ago which I agree with. With 19x19 go there are many more moves and thus more opportunities to demonstrate your superiority. The way I look at it, this is about error rates and degree's of error and each doubling reduces that a little bit for each move but a lot when considered over all the moves in a game. 0002 vs 0001 -> 178 / 200 89.0% 0004 vs 0002 -> 187 / 200 93.5% 0008 vs 0004 -> 83 / 88 94.3% 0016 vs 0008 -> 7 / 7 100.0% 0032 vs 0016 -> 221 / 227 97.4% 0016 -> 16384 play-outs per game 0032 -> 32768 play-outs per game - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
