> (ii) Having available only programs for Chinese rules, but playing > in a tournament with Japanese rules, which special tricks and > settings should be used to maximise winning chances? (This is meant > especially in the light of MC's tendency to win games by 0.5 > points according to the rules implemented.)
The difference I've noticed most in analyzing strong 9x9 games (in Japanese rules using a bot playing in Chinese rules) is a half-point ko at the end of the game. In Chinese rules, once all the dame have been filled in, if one side has no ko threats he has to pass, and the opponent fills the ko and gets an extra point. In Japanese rules passing does not cost anything. So the score ends up one point different. In these games what tends to happen is the Chinese-rule-monte-carlo bot, playing for its 0.5pt win, ends up choosing the wrong move 20 moves from the end of the game. If that is as clear as mud let me know and I'll try to hunt up an example game. Darren -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (English-Japanese-German-Chinese-Arabic open source dictionary/semantic network) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
