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Subject: Re: Go programming

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:51:41 02/13/04

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On February 13, 2004 at 16:12:06, Janosch Zwerensky wrote:

>
>>Well, in a relative sense it's darn strong for a chess guy.  I'm certainly a lot
>>weaker than that, and I doubt that anybody else who reads this board is above
>>4-kyu.
>
>Well, uhm, one of the other posters in this thread already identified himself as
>being shodan! :)

Oops, I must have missed that comment.  Sorry!


>
>>(...)
>>But that's one thing about Go that makes it so interesting and different for me
>>-- I can almost always understand chess GM moves, even if I never would have
>>been able to come up with them (or with the supporting variations that make them
>>playable) myself.
>
>Fits my experience completely, thanks for sharing :).
>
>> (...)  One of the
>>things I love most is that you can get outplayed tactically in several spots on
>>the board and still win (and the converse).
>
>To this I also agree.
>
>>  It seems that you can win games
>>against non-beginners without ANY tactical domination and almost no detailed
>>calculation, if you play well strategically and avoid gross blunders.
>
>Relatively peaceful games do happen at all levels and to all players I assume,
>but so do games which are full-scale war throughout. I like both! :)
>
>>(...)
>
>Regards,
>Janosch



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