On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:18, Tapani Raiko <pra...@cis.hut.fi> wrote: > Hi, >> Hahn go strategy is only relevant for a tournament (otherwise one can >> simply play normal go, it doesn't matter by how many points one wins). >> And thus it includes a meta-strategy involving the results in the >> other games and knowledge of one's opponents. >> > One can also play a single game for instance with money bets based on > the Hahn points, which makes Hahn go strategy relevant also for a single > game.
Right. Didn't think about that. The idea however is that it's another game altogether than normal go and we really can't compare playing strength between them. > In the tournament setting, in your interpretation, the goal is not to > maximize the (expected) number of Hahn points in each game, but to > maximize the probability of having more Hahn points at the end of the > tournament than your opponent(s). It would also be useful to see what is > happening on the other boards during a tournament round, since it might > affect your point goal. It might even be useful to spend time waiting in > order to gather information from the other boards. ;-) Exactly. The goal is to win the tournament and this involves more than just playing games. The meta-strategy is probably independent of which games are played, but it affects the strategy chosen in each instance of a game. Of course, one can just ignore all that and just win all games with 40 points or more. :-) Then one can use a normal go strategy with the appropriate komi. regards, Vlad _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
