>> I have one interesting test that I do, which I take >> with a grain of salt, but I use as a first guess estimate. I search >> from the opening position a few hundred times and average the time >> required to find the move "e5." ...
Yes, I noticed libego usually switches to e5 at some point between 100K and 200K playouts. Like Don, though, I'd take that with a grain of salt; it is quite possible that there is no single best first move (e.g. 5-5, 4-4 and 3-4 might all be joint best). Darren _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/