On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 23:15 -0700, terry mcintyre wrote: > Humans don't have much experience with 9x9 go. In such tight confines, > there is a premium for precise reading; there is little margin for > error. It is much harder to escape, and harder to trade territory for > influence. There is also, as Dave Fotland observed, little established > literature on the 9x9 game. We take for granted a great deal of > knowledge about fuseki and joseki and opening theory on the 19x19 > board; there is no equivalent store of knowledge about 9x9 openings. > > That said, if humans were to invest the effort in the 9x9 game, the > standard of play would rapidly increase.
Yes, the game would be easier to master, but the effort has been spent in mastering 19x19. - Don > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
