Re: [gnugo-devel] Gnu Go 3.2 possibly correctable flaw in play

[Evan Berggren Daniel]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 address@hidden wrote:

> I noticed a possibly correctable flaw in Gnu Go 3.2 opening strategy.  The
> SGF file below shows the problem with Gnu Go's opening.  I can use the same 
> flaw
> to give Gnu Go 6 stones and still win, even though I'm not that good.  This
> trick of sacraficing a couple of stones to waste a lot of the programs stones
> works against Swiss Explorer and Goliath also, but doesn't work against human
> players.  This looks to me like a straightforward flaw that might not be too
> hard to fix.

Thanks for pointing this out; it is indeed a problem.  The latest
development versions are less susceptible to this, but only somewhat.  You
might try gnugo 3.3.23 for a stronger version; alternately, 3.4 should be
out in a couple weeks.

I'm not sure how easy to fix this will be, but it definitely needs
attention; thank you for the report.

Evan Daniel