Computer Cracks 5x5 Go

gustgr writes "The American Go Association is reporting that Go for the 5x5 board has been solved by the computer program MIGOS, reports the program's creator, Erik Van Der Werk, a professor at the University of Maastricht in Holland. At about a quarter of the full-board version, 5x5 go is miniscule, similar in scale to "solving" 2X2 chess. The fact that a programmer would even consider this a noteworthy challenge is itself a remarkable testament to the game's complexity. Van Der Werk's approach is described in detail in an article at the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NOSR)."

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Re:Oh a fanatic

[shish]

You notice there's no dirt lovers proclaiming it's superiority to pie. Must be a problem with the pie lovers :P

And does chess help me get an asian girlfriend?

(I don't play enough of either to take sides, but it annoys me to see people who's arguments are entirely logically falicious getting modded insightful...)