On 18-nov-08, at 11:25, Jason House wrote:
On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The "well" at the end of the title is implied. And computers
still can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level.
I'm not very familiar with go terms, but I think kyu means student
and dan means master.
It may be better to say something like computers may have reached
amateur master using super computers, but are still far away from
professional play
I believe 'kyu' and 'dan' have a very similar meaning in that both
mean something like 'step', 'stage' or 'rank' depending on the
context in which it's used. If you want to compare to chess I believe
a 'master' would be around 1-kyu/ 1-dan (pro) and a 'grand-master'
would be a 9-dan. Due to commercialization, the Japanese 'dan' level
has steadily eroded over the past century, whereas in China and Korea
usually only pro's have a 'dan' rank.
Mark
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