Human players use reading (yomi) and feeling (kankaku) to play Go.
In MC programs, I think the reading is equivalent to UCT, and the
feeling
is equivalent to playouts. The reading is scalable, the feeling is
not.
If 2 programs have the playout algorithms of same level, The one which
used more CPU power should win. But what happens if their level of the
playout algorithm were different? Maybe this is the main reason why
Zen
could beat Fuego. (The game against MoGo was lucky, not good example.)
In my view, Zen and CrazyStone are clearly the strongest 19x19
programs on equal PC-type hardware. This is what we saw on CGOS a few
months ago. I also expected MoGo to still be a few hundred Elo ahead
of Fuego on 19x19, but this is not how the two games in Pamplona
turned out. I don't know how other top programs such as Many Faces and
Leela would compare on 19x19 on equal hardware. Any suggestions?
Maybe we can get all these programs running on CGOS at the same time.
That would be interesting to get a snapshot of the current situation.
Then there was the rumor that Michael Reiss also had a strong new
program. I would like to see that one, too.
Martin
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