Re: Zen giving handicap against pro players
Hideki Kato <[email protected]>
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Dear Ingo, Ingo Althofer: <trinity-807596eb-8cb2-4db4-a450-9ac02cc7a1be-1516597193617@3c-app-gmx-bs66>: >Dear Hideki, > >> >> On Yugen-no-ma, Nihonkiin's online Go site, many (mainly >> >> young) professionals have played more than 200 two-hc games >> >> against Zen and its winrate is greater than 70%, AFICR. >> >> ... >> >> Early December or late November, I remember but due to an >> accident. HC games were prohibited but a young >> professional could play due to a bug (:-) of the server. >> After that, the manager changed the mind. > >Sometimes, little errors in reality forces decisions ;-) > >[We had it in Germany back on November 9, 1989, when Guenther >Schabowski was asked when the new travel reguations >for Eastern German citizens would become effective. He did >not know, stuttered around for some moment and then said: >"as far as I know, it will be effective from today on" - >and the wall was down.) Wow, what a historically big error! >> A professional (director of Japanese national team) told me >> that two hc games are more interesting and exciting to watch >> because Zen plays seriously :). > >Wow. > >> BTW, the games between Zen and professionals can be watched >> any payed members of Nihonkiin. > >Thanks for that information. >Does the server has the opportunity for English >interface? Hmmm, not now but I'll ask the manager later. Hideki -- Hideki Kato <mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go