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Fritz
Hi Hayne, here are the first sixteen moves that I couldn't put on the screenshot. I decided not to put the full game up because it's embarassing to Fritz, losing its queen in 32 moves. I mainly just wanted a picture for people to see. As soon as a major tournament is conducted showing a game between those two programs, I'll try to remember to put up an image with full game moves. Since the games from the SSDF rating list and this one done on my home computer are open to amateur errors, I'd rather wait to put up an official game. If you have one, please post it and delete the image I uploaded if you wish.

Fruit 2.2.1 (2852) - Fritz 8 [B04] Fruit vs. Fritz 8, 10'/40+10'/40+10'40 GATEWAY-ZPKXI6H (1), 05.01.2006 Game played on 2.6 GHz computer.

1.e4 Nf6  2.e5   Nd5  3.d4   d6 4.Nf3   Nc6 5.Bb5  Bf5  6.0–0  a6     7.Bxc6+  bxc6   8.Nh4      Qd7  9.Re1  Bg4  10.Qd3  dxe5  11.h3  Be6  12.dxe5   Nb4 13.Qe4  Rb8    14.Nc3  c5    15.Rd1  Qc6   16.Qe2  Nd5 Model Citizen 20:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello again
I decided to run this game as a blitz game and let the engines "think" on their own from move one, without opening books. Fritz took a few seconds to respond with 1...Nf6. It more often plays e5 or c5 to this opening. According to the January 2006, SSDF rating list, Fruit 2.2.1 is exactly 100 points higher than Fritz 8. 2852 vs 2752. Anyway, I'm going to move on to other subjects, I'm growing tired of chess talk. Model Citizen 17:10, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

George W. Bush
Actually, if you read the entire discussion, including the thread above the one we were debating in, you will see that there are some people talking about a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Stopping vandalism should be one of our goals, but I don't think it right to deny innocent, good-faith people's rights to edit. Thanks for your comments though. -- LV (Dark Mark)  05:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Response to your message about "computer programs playing Go"
What you said:
 * With reference to your recent edits of the Deep Blue article, I think it is misleading to say that Go programs are still at beginner levels. A "beginner level" suggests someone who has recently learned the game. The main Go article gives 30-25 kyu as typical beginner rankings, while the GnuGo program, for example, is thought to be around 9 kyu

For the level between 11-30 kyu, it means really nothing. It's just for newbie players who doesn't really know Go. The step between a 20 kyu(k) is no much difference than a 30 kyu. Someone may call a complete newbie a 20 kyu player. Someone may call it a 30 kyu player. Traditionally, a newbie should start at 30kyu (the worst kyu rank). At this stage, it knows nothing about Go. The ranks defined by 11-30kyu are very loose. Learning a few basic things (eg how to capture stones) can jump into the next rank. As you see, these ranks are just here to mark your Go basics learning progress. The progression can be very quick!

The rank starts to make some sense when you jump to 10 kyu. After you reach about 10k or below, each rank starts to mean something. As a general rule of thumb, a 8 kyu player is stronger than a 9k by 1 stone (don't belittle this 1 stone. As a general rule of thumb, it is worth 10 points or more). To increase by one level requires much more skills and talents than someone who jump from 30k to 11k. However getting a 8k or 9k isn't worth praising. They are just beginners in Go world.

As far as I go, I could call: - 11-30kyu a newbie player; - 10-6kyu a beginner player; - 1-5kyu an average player; - 1-3dan an expert player; - 4-6dan an ameteur pro.

If I, as a Go player, am to comment about the level of computer Go, I would say they are really in the range of beginners (low-range). A serious learner can beat computer Go within 2 weeks of learning or so. Any high-range beginners can defeat them easily. Computer Go is disappointing among Go players.

By the way, from the sound of it, I think you are a person who doesn't play Go at all, or you should have agreed with me wholeheartedly.

Finally a refernece from http://senseis.xmp.net/?ComputerGo says more or less the same thing:
 * There is much yet to be done in the field of computer Go. While many different approaches have been tried, the level of the best Go playing programs is still low, even compared to amateur dan players (at least 10 stones!), not to mention professionals.

--Wai Wai 22:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, I think we are mostly differing on the meaning of the word "beginner". Most people would consider the word "beginner" to be synonymous with "newbie". I.e. a "beginner" is someone who has recently learned the rules. I'm not trying to define a Go-specific term here, merely giving an idea of what the word "beginner" is usually thought to mena in a general context.
 * I have played Go a bit (maybe 15 games) although I'm not very good at it. I'd consider myself more than a beginner, but if I had to guess, I'd probably say I'm in the 20 kyu range. Certainly Gnu Go beats me relatively easily.
 * -- Hayne 03:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

No, the word "newbie" or "beginner" is not Go terms. English is not my first language. But a check in a dictionary tends to show "newbie" is meant to be worse than beginners. They are not exactly the same.

Anyway I probably just couldn't find a suitable word to describe the skill levels of player around 9k. Anyway I think it still goes too far to call a 9k player an average club-level player.

Let me try to rate different ranks again by scoring with some descriptions. (Note: There's no clear-cut definitions especially for the lower ranks, so the following is just for a general reference only)

So what Computer Go achieves? A player jumps from stone player into Go player. It has only some crude or basic sense on how to play Go. Nearly all their plays are laughing in the eye of dan players. A serious player learning between 2 weeks and 1 month can be on a par with or even surpass this player.

Now how would you comment on such achievements? I wouldn't call these as "average club-level". It's still stuck at elementary levels, so to speak. Do you start to have some general understanding on how computer Go achieve now? :-)

Read the reference again. They comment the best Go playing programs as low. Computer Go are far from satisfactory in the views of average Go players. If I am to make an analogy, there is a skyscrapper. A 10k player stays on the ground floor, while 11-30k are all stuck in the basement.

One sentence with "the best Go programs can still be beaten by average club-level players" is highly inaccurate. In my humble opinion, you'd better explain a bit in deep blue article. A word of either "beginner" or "average" doesn't help to convey the right meaning since different readers have different interpretations of the word "beginner" or "average". Making some descriptions beside the comment seems to more beneficial.

I think my first trial is appropriate as the purpose of the description is not to introduce Go, but to show what computer Go players achieve. Some descriptions help a lot in understanding. Not intend to be insulting, but it seems you have also been misled and overvalued computer Go by a simple sentence. --Wai Wai 13:12, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

George W. Bush
"I have one major concern with the rewrite: that it seems that the sections of the main article describing policy now seem mostly to mention Bush's initiatives - the criticisms of those initiatives or of policy decisions have now been relegated to the sub-articles. In particular, the enormously important issue of Bush's perceived lack of respect for science (as voiced by many scientists) does not seem to be mentioned at all in the main article. It appears only in the Science section of the Domestic policy sub-article."
 * Obviously, you are not a true American, if you think these criticisms should be mentioned. I bet you don't believe that embryonic cells are human beings, whose value outweighs the value of research for new cures.  You probably don't even believe the earth is 6,000 years old.  You heathen, you!   I bet you believe that n-dimensional space is science, too!  We only have 2 dimensions, or don't you know that?  jawesq 23:28, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

GA Reassessessment of Pauline Johnson
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Question...
I saw that you travelled to the Thelon River, in 1978, from your photo File:Thelon river oasis.jpg. How exciting.

I am working on new articles on the books by Hornby, Ingestad and Robinson The Land of Feast or Famine (Hornby), The Land of Feast or Famine (Ingestad), and The Land of Feast or Famine (Robinson).

Were you aware of how Hornby starved to death in their winter camp on the banks of the Thelon, during the winter of 1927? You didn't happen to take any pictures? There are some freely re-usable old grainy black and white photos of their cabin, and their nearby graves.

I now regret that I didn't travel to the north, when I was young. I wasn't interested then, and I think I am too old now.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 17:19, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

There is a photo that I took of the Horby cabin (as it was in 1978) on the Wikipedia page for John Hornby.
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