Anyone here play Go?

[anarres]

Here we are at turn 15:

8. j4 p10
9. p12 m17
10. q4 c10
11. f4 l3
12. k3 l2
13. k2 j10
14. q3 p2
15. h17

 

[Algernon Pondlife]

Another fascinating aspect of Go is the way in which a player can suddenly switch to a completely different part of the board and open a second (or third or fourth....) front. The debate in the bottom right is not fully settled, but anarres, quite rightly leaves it for now to threaten another of "my" areas. Soon we will have several seperate fights and the nerves will fray as we try to judge at what point we can afford to leave one alone and return to another.

My move at j10 in the centre gave him the initiative in these fights, but I hope to reap a benefit later when, if I'm lucky, it will contribute to the struggle from any side into the centre.

I know it may all seem a little vague at the moment, but in the middlegame we will have struggles for life and death of whole groups of stones.

 

[anarres]

Here are the moves up to turn 20:

There is a battle going on in the bottom right of the board. Algernon needs to create a shape that I can not 'kill' by surrounding it.

 

[col]

I'm not very good at Go - but one of the intersting things is that the very best Go program is still very poor.

Draughts - computer better than anyone (now Marion Tinsley has died)
Chess - computer better than all but a few players in world
Bridge - computer about same as an average player
Go - computer about same as a beginner

It says a lot about the strategic depth of Go.

Civ3 Ai about same as an average Regent player, I'd say.

 

[anarres]

Yay! We've got a lurker! [dance]

no, wait...

..he's gone

 

[anarres]

I hope you haven't decided to kill this game Algernon, I was really enjoying you beating me!