Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Darren Cook
>> The best source of 9x9 professional games is the Mini-go TV series, >> which finished a few years back, but should have close to 700 games if >> you can track down the complete set. > > Where would one begin to track down this show? Others have already given the main links. While hunting for

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Sanghyeon Seo
>MINIGO ICHIBAN SHOUBU would be a reading of Japanese . >(Translation would be "Mini go sudden death".) Are you kidding? "ICHIBAN SHOUBU" means one game match. Eh, doesn't "sudden death" mean "one game match" in English? And I know how to read Japanese, thank you. -- Seo Sanghyeon _

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Hideki Kato
Sanghyeon Seo: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >The best source of 9x9 professional games is the Mini-go TV series, >> > >which finished a few years back, but should have close to 700 games if >> > >you can track down the complete set. >> > Where would one begin to track down this show? >> http://home.ww

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Sanghyeon Seo
> >The best source of 9x9 professional games is the Mini-go TV series, > >which finished a few years back, but should have close to 700 games if > >you can track down the complete set. > Where would one begin to track down this show? http://home.wwgo.jp/minigo/ MINIGO ICHIBAN SHOUBU would be a r

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Chris Fant
>The best source of 9x9 professional games is the Mini-go TV series, >which finished a few years back, but should have close to 700 games if >you can track down the complete set. Where would one begin to track down this show? http://home.wwgo.jp/minigo/

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread terry mcintyre
From: Darren Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >The best source of 9x9 professional games is the Mini-go TV series, >which finished a few years back, but should have close to 700 games if >you can track down the complete set. Where would one begin to track down this show? >There is even a book publish

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Don Dailey
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 23:02 -0600, Arend Bayer wrote: > > I agree with all David Fotland has been saying. I think every strong > go player would agree. I also agree, now that I know he wasn't claiming 9x9 was more profound. - Don > In fact, I think I am stronger than most European 4ds at 9x9

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Magnus Persson
Quoting Darren Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 9x9 *is* played by professionals, at least in Japan, but naturally with neither big prize money, nor students wanting to pay to learn it, it is not played that seriously, and usually with quick time limits. You can find 9x9 pro games here (but it might

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-12 Thread Darren Cook
> No one plays 9x9 go. There is no literature on 9x9 theory, and almost no > examples of professional play. 9x9 *is* played by professionals, at least in Japan, but naturally with neither big prize money, nor students wanting to pay to learn it, it is not played that seriously, and usually with

Re: [computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-11 Thread Arend Bayer
I agree with all David Fotland has been saying. I think every strong go player would agree. In fact, I think I am stronger than most European 4ds at 9x9, simply because I realize it is a serious game, and I realize how early you have to start reading out variations deep enough until you can count

[computer-go] people are weaker at 9x9 go

2007-04-11 Thread David Fotland
I think I see our misunderstanding. I obviously don’t think that smaller boards are more challenging. I do think that people are better players on larger boards. This is also fairly obvious, even though 9x9 is a much simpler game. You can measure how good someone is at any game by how much he im