Yu Go Club

Are books behind the tall guy in the background al...

2012-01-12T14:33:32.838-08:00

Are books behind the tall guy in the background all Go books?

I've enjoyed playing members of the Yu Go Club...

2010-09-18T23:54:09.201-07:00

I've enjoyed playing members of the Yu Go Club at the Cotsen Tournament... Very Friendly! :)

Thanks to Samantha going into the hall and "hawkin...

2009-01-04T19:59:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Samantha going into the hall and "hawking" the news about the Go event, I think we had about 40 people overall that came into the room to see what was going on.
After our two hour session she and Terry helped other passers-bye get introduced to the game also.
I reported 40 participants to the EJournal, so if anyone gets confused between was it 20 or 40, now you know.
A real big thank you to Alf for doing the intro. Because of his enthusiasm about teaching young people at the Pasadena Library, he was the perfect choice for this introduction.
I'd also like to thank Terry. He has always been the first to volunteer for any Go projects and his patience in teaching is worthy of respect.

Joe Walters

I downloaded the game records from KGS. People th...

2008-09-21T08:10:00.000-07:00

I downloaded the game records from KGS. People there said MoGoTitan was running on 800 cores, same as the last game.

Before seeing these games, I thought that the MonteCarlo algorithm would have difficulty playing out sequences that depend on a single correct move. Looks like that is correct. The debacle with the ladder and other failures to detect the correct move in a sequence appear to have been of critical importance in these two games.

About the Mogo game --- I am also wondering about ...

2008-09-21T06:55:00.000-07:00

About the Mogo game --- I am also wondering about the number of cores, but I looked through the game records on
godiscussions.com
Looks like Mogo got completely destroyed. The computer resigned in both games. I thought the first one was bad for Mogo (black played out a bad ladder through the entire board), but the second one was even worse --- very bloody.

Cheers,
Dima

As Alf noted, i was indeed interested in the game ...

2008-09-05T11:36:00.000-07:00

As Alf noted, i was indeed interested in the game he was replaying and discussing, although i was simultaneously involved with others in another interesting exercise about capturing races.

From Alf's discussion, perhaps the most useful thing i picked up was how to make an invasion at a 3rd row point, contacting a 4th row stone, in order to reduce the area in a growing moyo (hmm, did i spell moyo right?). It was one of those moves Luis coulda/shoulda made. :) Anyhow, I am wondering if i can somehow capture one of my games in the upcoming Cotsen tournament, to bring next month. -- Don

Top go programs use millions of so-called "random ...

2008-09-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

Top go programs use millions of so-called "random playouts", but these are not truly random moves; they incorporate more and more Go-specific knowledge with each generation. There won't be any problem playing strategic moves - there is no reason why a program can't a) spend a lot of time pre-calculating the best opening moves, or b) include an opening book.

CrazyStone, another top program, played 4d pro Aoba Kaori, September 4, 2008, using a PC with 8 cores. Crazy Stone won the 8-stone game by resignation.

For those who play on KGS, all your matches are al...

2008-09-04T23:25:00.000-07:00

For those who play on KGS, all your matches are also accessible online at the KGS Game Archives.

So you could still download your game of choice for review at the club even if you forget to bring one, or didn't know it was review night.

Hey Alf. Hope the blog picks up.

I've been ...

2008-08-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

Hey Alf. Hope the blog picks up.

I've been having a very busy month, but I should be able to start showing back up at the Library either this week or next.

~Colin

The tournament is pretty much on track. We have n...

2008-08-14T11:18:00.000-07:00

The tournament is pretty much on track. We have no idea how many kids we're going to have, but things have really picked up for August.

Nice blog page Alf. Thanks for putting it up.
I...

2008-08-14T10:56:00.000-07:00

Nice blog page Alf. Thanks for putting it up.
I just got back from visiting my 93 year old father and 88 year old mother in Loveland, Co. While there I had a chance to play Go at The Bean Cycle coffee shop in Fort Collins. They have a small group of about 6 to 8 players that get together Wed nites there. I won my first game against their strongest player with me getting a 5 stone handicap. Lost my next two games playing even with two other players after that. They were a very nice group.

What's happening with the upcoming Tournament for the Teens and Kids at the Pasadena Library?

Joe Walters