[Computer-go] How well does pure monte carlo play?

[Hiroshi Yamashita]

>> myCtest-10k-UCT is rated at 1427 +-50 (500 games) on the 19x19 CGOS.
> 
> What's that in kyu?

AyaBot is rated at 1477 on CGOS, and it is 8k on KGS.
http://cgos.boardspace.net/19x19/bayes.html
http://www.gokgs.com/graphPage.jsp?user=ayabot

If CGOS rank is right, myCtest-10k-UCT is around 8k on KGS.
But I think pure MC+UCT is not so strong.
CGOS 19x19 population is few, so it is not reliable.
For example, RandomGo's rate 505 is maybe overrated.

Hiroshi Yamashita


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Woodcraft" <matthew at woodcraft.me.uk>
To: <computer-go at dvandva.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Computer-go] How well does pure monte carlo play?


> Christoph Birk wrote:
>> myCtest-10k-UCT is rated at 1427 +-50 (500 games) on the 19x19 CGOS.
> 
> What's that in kyu?
> 
> -M-
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