Author: Uri Blass
Date: 18:52:49 02/12/04
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On February 12, 2004 at 20:12:45, Maurizio De Leo wrote: >>>Here is a port of GnuGo 3.4: >>>ftp://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/gnugo-34.zip >>> >>>It definitely searches a tree and it is pretty strong. > >Pretty strong is a big word :-) > >It is about 10 kyu, which means a low-average club player. I would put it at >about the same as 1500 elo in chess. The way to Kasparov (= top professionals) >is VERY VERY long. > >>I've had it from day one. It's not bad. And others are good enough to usually >>beat me too. But that wasn't the issue. The issue is beating the really >strong Go-playing humans -- called professionals -- that are the equivalent of >chess masters. > >The professionals are more equparable to GMs than to masters. There are much >less than 1000. >However the issue is not beating them. Making the programs reach good level >amateurs (1900 - 2000 elo) would already bring lots of sales i think, but it is >difficult to achieve. > >Maurizio How many players in the world are at least good level amateurs in go? How many of them part of a team of programmers that develop a go program or are developing a go program? I do not know if it is difficult to achieve 1900-2000 or there is simply no interest in that task by the right people. In chess it is not very important that strong players are involved but it is possible that the situation is different in go. Uri
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