[Computer-go] Beating old ManyFaces at 29 handicap stones

["Ingo Althöfer"]

Hello Michael,

> Just fyi, when I attended the WYGC in Richmond BC, Canada in 2004, the 
> kids were doing this, 

Uhh. "The kids", were that "normal" Canadian kids or super-intelligent
ones with Asian roots?

> they had a contest going, they were giving MF 26 
> stones but the time was 1-3, and they were racing to see who defeated 
> the program first. 

Unbelievable. Who had chosen the "26" parameter?
Are there any records (sgf) from those games?

> I am not sure how much of a factor the fast time was, 
> nor how much stronger MF was in 2004 than in 1998.
 
At least, it might have been the commercial MF-11.0.

Ingo.
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