2007 COTSEN GO TOURNAMENT ( Read more... )

Since there are already good chess programs I don't find this feat very interesting. Although I am interested in wei-chi programs because the decision tree has many more branches. I did find the below quotes interesting though ( Read more... )

"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain ( Read more... )

I am back in the Minneapolis area again.

I think I will go here (in about 1 hour):
Coffee Bené < http://www.coffeebene.com >
53 Cleveland Avenue South
Saint Paul, MN 55105
651-698-2266

and see if I can find some interesting people.

What R U doin today?

Do you feel lucky punk? ;)

I do!
VERY Interesting news:
I got to 4th Dan level againt 9x9 IgoWin Freeware again today!!!

A few days ago I joined KGS < http://www.gokgs.com > so I can play better humans, and maybe I can even get to real Dan (Black-Belt) level ~someday ( Read more... )

I got to 4th Dan level againt 9x9 IgoWin Freeware again. So I joined KGS < http://www.gokgs.com > so I can play better humans, and maybe I can even get to real Dan (Black-Belt) level ~someday ( Read more... )

Yesterday (late last night) I got to 3rd Dan (Black Belt) vs IgoWin! - then I went to bed (very pleased with myself). I woke up very late today, turned on the computer & played a few more "games of go/Wei-Chi" vs IgoWin & I got to 4th Dan! Although I have to say IgoWin made a few bad moves that even a 17-kyu level player would have noticed... ( Read more... )

I got to the 2 Dan (Black Belt) rank in IgoWin again today.
Yeah for me!
- note to self, the "AI" is great at close quarter fighting but bad at strategy or "seeing" a wide spread trap.

Did I mention I love Google & Go?!?
- Check this out:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.go?hl=en

...and I vill convert zee entire vorld ( Read more... )