Author: Pekka Karjalainen
Date: 03:05:37 05/28/03
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On May 27, 2003 at 17:35:21, Russell Reagan wrote: >On May 27, 2003 at 16:39:16, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>http://arimaa.com/arimaa/ > >This is interesting, and the fact that there is money involved makes it even >more interesting. > >How do computers do at other games similar to chess (IE involving a board and >moving pieces) where there are a large number of moves at each node? Amazons has >several thousands of moves to choose from at each node. Can computers beat the >best humans in amazons? I am not so sure that the term 'best humans' has any special meaning for Amazons. There are, AFAIK, no professional Amazon players. Therefore, there has been little serious study of strategies for the game etc. Shogi is the hardest problem for computers among chess variants with serious players. Whether this is mostly due to the larger branching factor (comp. to chess) or lack of research, I don't know. However, for shogi there are pro players in Japan, who really represent the best that human mind is capable of. Or at least they aim for that and have a tradition of shogi study going back to 1600s at least. About Amazons again, I have tried playing it for fun a few times. My subjective impression is that there is nothing so concrete in the opening as there is in chess or go. Even with my limited ability in these games, I can form some idea of who is ahead in most positions, but I can't even guess what is good in Amazons openings. There might be some theories to be made there, too, but again, who is working on it? Where is the money in it? If it is just calculation, all the bets are on the computers, I think. > >Maybe Johan knows, since he has won the computer amazons event several times. Agreed, Pekka K.
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