for a chess handicap at the high
end than at the low end.
Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; computer-go
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I doubt that much can b
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens Don Dailey
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Aan: computer-go
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On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 10:24 -0800, Christoph Birk wrote:
> That should not matter much. The typical chess player should
Don Dailey wrote:
I'm talking about the fattest portion of the human range of skill. If
you consider the fattest part of the bell, say the 99% of the players
not extremely weak or extremely strong, the range is pretty limited.
In chess it's probably more like 2000, not the 3000 I was saying (if
On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 15:03 -0500, Michael Williams wrote:
> Not sure if I buy that. For any complex game, you have a range or random
> player to best-in-world player. There are nearly infinite actual ratings
> between the
> two. Since Go is clearly more complex than chess, Go's "nearly infin
Not sure if I buy that. For any complex game, you have a range or random player to best-in-world player. There are nearly infinite actual ratings between the
two. Since Go is clearly more complex than chess, Go's "nearly infinite" is probably larger that chess's "nearly infinite", but that's be
efore claims can be made that computer-go is withing 3%
from the human top.
Dave
Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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That is wonderful!
When I
On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 10:24 -0800, Christoph Birk wrote:
> That should not matter much. The typical chess player should be
> "as strong" as the typical Go player and I also expect the strength
> distribution to follow similar lines.
Larry Kaufman, a chess Grandmaster and also an expert in many ga
t 100 EGF.
All in all, my feeling is that this page confims my speculations.
Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens Andy
Verzonden: wo 19-11-2008 19:26
Aan: computer-go
Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...
Here you go!
http://senseis.xmp.net/?R
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Christoph Birk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I think that would not be enough, because that would only fix one point.
>>
>
> You can use the width too. That should give a pretty good comparision
> for moderatly str
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think that would not be enough, because that would only fix one point.
You can use the width too. That should give a pretty good comparision
for moderatly strong/weak players (see below).
EGF ratings are not pure Elo ratings. EGF ratings are weig
stoph Birk
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Aan: computer-go
Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...
On Nov 18, 2008, at 11:28 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It depends very much on what exactly you mean by "amateur master
>
On Nov 18, 2008, at 11:28 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It depends very much on what exactly you mean by "amateur master
level". Is it a level that compares to amateur master level in chess?
And what is amateur master level in chess? USCF master, FIDE master
or internat
008 10:13 AM
> To: computer-go
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Ingo Althöfer wrote:
>
> > Dear Bob Hearn,
> >
> > it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless
> > I want to ask you if
Dear Bob,
thanks for your explanations. Now I see clearer.
> First, the title is deliberately provocative.
Accepted.
> Also, though, the talk is not just about go: some of it is about
> formally undecidable games, that computers provably can't play
> well (and of course, that humans can't
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Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] namens Jason House
Verzonden: di 18-11-2008 14:25
Aan: computer-go
Onderwerp: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...
On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The "well" at the end of the title is implied.
I had never heard of that. A Google search turned up this list of interesting
Go variants: http://www.usgo.org/resources/downloads/deviantgo.pdf
Bob Hearn wrote:
On Nov 17, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Ingo Althöfer wrote:
Dear Bob Hearn,
it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless
On Nov 17, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Ingo Althöfer wrote:
Dear Bob Hearn,
it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless
I want to ask you if the title of your talk
"Games Computers Can't Play" is still up-to-date.
I would accept something like
"Games Computers Could not play well before
>
> I think it was the surprisingly useful combination of UCT with Monte-Carlo
> that got the attention of the 'old school' Go programmers.
I would say "Monte-Carlo + Tree Search" rather than "Monte-Carlo + UCT". You
can have a very strong program without UCT.
You can't without the incremental
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; computer-go
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...
>
>
> On 18-nov-08, at 14:32, Don Dailey wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote:
> >> Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with ab
On 18-nov-08, at 14:32, Don Dailey wrote:
On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote:
Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with about 7
months
of
full time work), so I have to agree that Monte Carlo changed our
world.
I remember that you were not a "true believer"
> From: Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote:
> > Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with about 7 months
> > of full time work), so I have to agree that Monte Carlo changed our
> > world.
>
> I remember that you were not a "tr
On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 08:28 -0800, David Fotland wrote:
> Many Faces gained 5 ranks when I added MCTS to it (with about 7 months
> of
> full time work), so I have to agree that Monte Carlo changed our
> world.
I remember that you were not a "true believer" at first :-)
- Don
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ent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:43 AM
> To: computer-go
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...
>
> The "well" at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't
play
> 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level.
>
> Ingo Althöfer w
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:51:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Opportunity to promote ...
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>
> On 18-nov-08, at 11:25, Jason House wrote:
>
> > On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams
> wrote:
> >
On 18-nov-08, at 11:25, Jason House wrote:
On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The "well" at the end of the title is implied. And computers
still can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level.
I'm not very familiar with go terms, but I think ky
On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Michael Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
The "well" at the end of the title is implied. And computers still
can't play 19x19 Go anywhere near the master level.
I'm not very familiar with go terms, but I think kyu means student and
dan means master.
It m
The "well" at the end of the title is implied. And computers still can't play
19x19 Go anywhere near the master level.
Ingo Althöfer wrote:
Dear Bob Hearn,
it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless
I want to ask you if the title of your talk
"Games Computers Can't Play" is st
Dear Bob Hearn,
it is not what you have been looking for, but nevertheless
I want to ask you if the title of your talk
"Games Computers Can't Play" is still up-to-date.
I would accept something like
"Games Computers Could not play well before 2003",
but Monte Carlo has changed our world.
Ingo
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