On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 12:19 -0800, Christoph Birk wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Don Dailey wrote: > > Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws > > 1 base 2000 296 199 3 67% 1888 0% > > 2 d3p 1888 199 296 3 33% 2000 0% > > > > I think I have proven decisively that 3 doesn't work, it lost 2 out of > > the 3 games I played :-) > > ok, you got me there (3 games played :-)
So you thought Jason was responding to the idea that distance 3 might be worse? Distance 3 could easily play worse - we shall see. Just because a distance 3 move is sometimes good doesn't mean it will make the program play better not throwing those out. If it's RARELY best, then the reduced effort and increased focus on (usually) more relevant moves could be a win. In fact I expect distance 2 to be better for that reason. But we shall see - no need to debate it :-) - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
