I saw a game between Janice Kim 1d (she is now 2d) and Handtalk (IIRC) in Providence at an AAAI event where Handtalk lost with a 25-stone handicap. That was 1996 or 1997.
Beating programs with very high handicaps was a sport in those days. It wouldn't surprise me if Martin had already engaged in this pastime prior to the bet. :-) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of "Ingo Althöfer" Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 12:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Handicap-29 Website is up now Hi David, > The 29 stone game wasn't really a "demonstration game". > > My memory is that I had just finished igowin 9x9, and Martin played > through all its levels up to professional, without losing a game... > I don’t remember if I challenged him or if he said he could beat 19x19 > on that handicap. So we made a very small bet (I don’t remember, maybe > $5), on the game and he played. Canadian Dollars or US? Martin once told/wrote me that the bet gave him three tries and he managed it already in the first one. Regards, Ingo. -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
