[Computer-go] 7x7 Go is weakly solved

[Erik van der Werf]

Hi Aja,

This result seems consistent with earlier claimed human solutions for 7x7
dating back to 1989. So what exactly is new? Did he write a program that
actually calculates the value?

Best,
Erik


On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Aja Huang <ajahuang at google.com> wrote:

> It's the work by Chinese pro Li Zhe 7p.
> http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_53a2e03d0102vyt5.html
>
> His conclusions on 7x7 Go board:
> 1. Optimal komi is 9.0.
> 2. Optimal solution is not unique. But the first 3 moves are unique, and
> the first 7 moves generate 5 major optimal solutions.
> 3. There are many variations not affecting final score.
>
> Aja
>
> _______________________________________________
> Computer-go mailing list
> Computer-go at computer-go.org
> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://computer-go.org/pipermail/computer-go/attachments/20151130/41d30525/attachment.html>