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Subject: Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 12:25:56 06/08/02

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On June 08, 2002 at 04:43:07, Pekka Karjalainen wrote:

>It means how strong at go you are.

My "grading" then, is zero, nothing, however the system works. I know enough to
play a game while making legal moves, and I have occasionally won a game here or
there. I'm a complete beginner.

>He is suggesting that if you are not a
>strong go player, you do not understand the game well enough to make
>pronouncements about it.

I agree. I don't see what this has to do with the fact that I believe that the
size of the board is not part of the game of go. For example, if go is not
played on a 19x19 board, does that mean that it is no longer go? Of course not.
Therefore the size of the board is not "part of the game". The game is scalable,
and can be played on any size board, so the fact that it is most popularly
played on a 19x19 board which gives a ridiculous branching factor, to me, does
not imply that the game of go is more complex than chess, or harder to play, or
however you'd like to word it.

Russell





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