On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 00:46 +0100, Heikki Levanto wrote: > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 04:42:01PM -0500, Don Dailey wrote: > > In truth the only thing that matters is to increase your winning > > percentage - not your score. There seems to be no point in tampering > > with this. > > I guess I must accept the wisdom of those who have tried these things. > Still, it hurts my intuition that it could be better for a program to > choose a line where it seems to win by 2 points, when another line seems > to end in a 100 point win. What if the opponent can improve his play > from what I expected, and gain an extra 3 points somewhere? > > Maybe all this shows that we have not (yet?) understood all the > complications of the MC evaluation, and that more research is needed? > > -H
I agree, more research is needed. My intuition is also the same as yours - one would think 100 point win is better. It's not that it's better or it's a better move objectively, but it should be better against a fallible opponent who could easily get distracted by the little battles and forget the real point of the game. At least it's a way to fight when you are losing. - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
