On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 08:01:27PM +0200, Berk Ozbozkurt wrote: > I think such a change may make engine objectively stronger while making > it more vulnerable against humans. Even if the human opponent isn't > aware of the move pruning logic initially, it wouldn't take a lot of > games to figure out that the computer never makes a move away from the > last move to the center or to the sides.
So sorry, but I think you have misunderstoodthe rule being tested here. It has nothing to do with the last move played, it is all about *not* playing to a point that is more than 3 (or 2) poitns away from any stone on the board, *or* that is on the 3th 4th, or the 5th row from the edge. This still leaves open a possibility of setting up two ladders, so that a ladder break somewhere in the center would be the right move. But even then, the random nature of the MC playouts would make such a position look pretty bad, and direct the program away from it - which would most often be good playing style anyway. - H -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
