Author: jefkaan
Date: 10:25:28 12/02/02
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On December 02, 2002 at 08:27:09, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:
>no way. strong humans can even win with handicap (!) on 9x9
ok, might be, my statement (that 9*9 is easy for a computer
program) was based on having read some info about a program
Gotools, which can solve 'life&death' problems within a certain
area (with sufficient calculation time) using an alfa-beta
algorithm; this life/death engine also is part of the program
SmartGo, and as a result i would expect that it would be very
strong in 9*9 Go, although apparently such an area (9*9) still
is too large for the Gotools a/b engine to solve it exactly.
But it would be reasonable to imho expect that within a few years
such problems could almost be 'solved' for smaller area's (maybe 6x6 ?),
provided the programming work would continue in this field; you
can try it out by yourself by downloading it (9x9 version) from
www.smartgo.com; the helpfile (tactical analysis) says it can solve
enclosed life/death problems "as well as most master('dan')players
and often better"; it also "can solve complex ladder problems
accurately and quickly". Apparently these features are not
sufficient yet to get topresults at a 9*9 board; so..,
maybe after 10 years or so ?
:)
best regards
jefk
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