I know that there are many good Chess programs (and IBM's Deep-Blue beat Kasparov) and that Go programs are not that good (that is professional players can easily beat them). But has there been any research on how many "levels of difficulty" each game has?
2007-02-27 14:21:43 · 2 answers · asked by Cyris 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
It's not just pros. Even strong amateurs can beat present go programs. I am not yet shodan but have yet to meet a program I can't beat as long as I'm careful. Go is not only terribly complex due to the board size and thus permutations many orders of magnitude greater than chess, but the opening is the portion most open to variation.
In addition to complexity, there are many more ranks between the top and bottom in go than there are in chess (rank as defined by chances of success in defeating those stronger or weaker, see second link).
2007-03-02 10:48:44 · answer #1 · answered by maxdwolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number of legal positions in the game of chess is estimated to be between 10^43 and 10^50.. For Go it's estimated to be around 10^750.
2007-02-27 14:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by MarkPharaoh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋