[Computer-go] replacing dynamic komi with a scoring function

[steve uurtamo]

underestimation?

s.

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Yamato <yamato_cg at yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
> (2012/01/09 9:56), Jouni Valkonen wrote:
>>
>> There is indeed a problem with Dynamic komi with Zen. Zen often loses
>> the handicap games if black tries to minimize the move count. Often if
>> it is possible to bring game to small yose in around move 180 or so and
>> if not too much behind, then Zen most likely will lose. I have played
>> few games where Zen noted only when filling last dames that it is losing
>> the game by few or half points and then resign. Although, one game was
>> that I lost by ½ points, because I accidentally defended unnecessarily
>> instead of taking the last dame. One game was that i was about ten
>> points behind around move 180, but then Zen played a slack small yose,
>> and lost by 2½ points. Also good and very easy strategy against zen in
>> handicap games is to take all the sides and give center territory to the
>> Zen. Zen almost always will take the center territory as too small and
>> gives sides as too big.
>
>
> I think people often confuse the evaluation problem and the dynamic komi
> problem. A more urgent problem is the underestimation of the edge and
> corner territory.
>
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> Yamato
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