It looks like we have a clear trend now. Light play-outs do not scale as well as heavy play-outs.
This is the same behavior we get with computer chess. For the last few decades it has been understood that a chess program with a better evaluation function improves MORE with increasing depth than one with a lesser evaluation function so it appears that Go is not unique in this regard or in it's general ability to scale with CPU power. Here are the latest results: http://cgos.boardspace.net/study/13/index.html - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/