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Subject: Re: Go programming

Author: Janosch Zwerensky

Date: 13:12:06 02/13/04

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>Well, in a relative sense it's darn strong for a chess guy.  I'm certainly a lot
>weaker than that, and I doubt that anybody else who reads this board is above
>4-kyu.

Well, uhm, one of the other posters in this thread already identified himself as
being shodan! :)

>(...)
>But that's one thing about Go that makes it so interesting and different for me
>-- I can almost always understand chess GM moves, even if I never would have
>been able to come up with them (or with the supporting variations that make them
>playable) myself.

Fits my experience completely, thanks for sharing :).

> (...)  One of the
>things I love most is that you can get outplayed tactically in several spots on
>the board and still win (and the converse).

To this I also agree.

>  It seems that you can win games
>against non-beginners without ANY tactical domination and almost no detailed
>calculation, if you play well strategically and avoid gross blunders.

Relatively peaceful games do happen at all levels and to all players I assume,
but so do games which are full-scale war throughout. I like both! :)

>(...)

Regards,
Janosch



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