Re: [gnugo-devel] Gnugo manual: --level suggestion

[Gwern Branwen]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Daniel Bump <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Both the manual http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo_3.html#SEC35
>> and man page simply say that the --level option defaults to 10 and
>> that smaller is weaker. This to my mind underspecifies what the
>> options are. Are negative numbers sensible? gnugo still runs:
>> [09:17 AM] 525Mb$ gnugo --level -1 -l cledo-gwern-552577-20100224.sgf
>> black (X) move L5
>
> Negative levels are not really supported.

What do they even mean at all?

> However there is some
> improvement in strength past level 10. Processors are faster
> now and sometimes GNU Go has been run at level 12 in tournaments.

I didn't notice much time consumption difference on my early-stage
games between 10 and 13, so perhaps 12 might also be a better default.

> I think there are cases at around level 18 when GNU Go did not
> seem to terminate and make a move in a reasonable amount of
> time.
>
> Daniel Bump

And the docs?

-- 
gwern