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Subject: Re: Question for chess programmers: Go

Author: Colin Frayn

Date: 09:30:22 02/13/02

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On February 13, 2002 at 11:51:35, Jason Williamson wrote:

>CUTE?????
>
>Kinda deaning comment for a game that is 4000 years old in more or less its
>orginal form.

Sorry - I was trying to make the Americans feel at home ;)
*ducks incoming flame*

>BTW, I get to play a 9 stone handicap game against a 4 dan professional tomorrow
>on the IGS!  :D :D  Wish me luck!

heh you might need a bit more than that.  Depending on how good you are, of
course.  Go is a game that I would love to learn properly, but I think the only
real method to do this, unlike in Chess, is to be taught by someone who is much
better than you.  This is simply because tactics are much less important
compared to long-term strategy, and the art of 'knowing' what is safe and what
isn't.  I think you also have to play an enormous number of practice games too.
I think the learning curve is pretty steep after the first few matches.

Cheers,
Col



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