The old program had a fixed search, so it wouldn’t get any stronger on faster hardware.
Martin understood computer go weaknesses, so he played to exploit them. A modern program not specifically tuned for those weaknesses would have a much more difficult time. I released version 10 in 1997, so it might be more accurate to play against version 10 rather than against version 12 at 12 kyu level. I probably still have a version 10 CD somewhere. David > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer-go [mailto:computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of > "Ingo Althöfer" > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 7:07 AM > To: computer-go@computer-go.org > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Those were the days ... > > Hello, > > > > Remember 1998: In the US Go Congress an exhibition match > took > > place: 5-dan Martin Mueller against Many Faces of Go. > > > Martin gave 29 handicap stones - and won "handily". > > > 29 stones - can you believe it? > > > > Martin Mueller, 5d, won an H-29 game against a 1998 go-program that > > ran run on a 1998 computer. So, in order to reproduce the playing > > strength of the old program and get a fair comparison it should again > > run on an old machine while the modern go-programs use today's hardware. > > - Michael. > > I discussed your point in depth with David Fotland (father of MFoG). > Back in 1998, MFoG had long thinking time (2 hours for all) in the game. > In the current MFoG vesion the 12-kyu level plays quickly and is - according > to David - comparable in strength with the 1998 long thinker. > > Ingo. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Computer-go mailing list > > Computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
