Morendil comments on Play for a Cause - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 29 January 2010 07:40:20PM 1 point [-]

You would never get ladders wrong. You would count yose plays accurately.

Comment author: Blueberry 29 January 2010 07:48:52PM 1 point [-]

So the actual computer Go program isn't the advantage then: the advantage comes from having paper and pen, or a sample board, to try out different sequences? This strikes me as a little different in spirit from Advanced Chess, where the computer actually is a really good player. It's more like Postal Chess.