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Subject: Re: About Go

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 10:44:20 12/01/02

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On December 01, 2002 at 08:49:24, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On December 01, 2002 at 07:42:42, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>What is the maximal size of the board when go is solved by computers?
>
>5x5, it was done using pretty much standard alpha-beta search
>
>>Are there tablebases for endgames that go programs use?
>
>No, the board fills up instead of getting empty, so I don't
>see a way to make EGTBs.


No EGTBs, but there is a class of endgame positions that lends itself to being
solved with a mathematical technique. For such positions this technique plays
perfectly and in some cases, better than the experts. However, I'm not certain
of its practical value for a program.


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>GCP



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