John Tromp won Man-Machine match 4:0

Still, a good showing by the computer program, The Many Faces of Go, which had John in trouble several times.

John won by being patient, going for complicated trades when behind, and waiting for the program's mistakes.

It would be fun to see a re-match in a year.

Some links:

• Daren Cook's site describing the bet and linking to the sgf game records
• The Many Faces of Go by David Fotland
• Nick Wedd's site with a history of Human-Computer Go challenges
• Links to the game records

Here is game 2 of the match. I believe that Many Faces was ahead after the successful attack in the top left, but lost its way in the top right. For example, at move 118 cutting at R11 would be good for the program.

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• Forward
• Last
• Pass

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White team:

"Machine"

Black team:

"Man"

Komi:

7.50

Date:

28 December 2010

Place:

ISH, Great Portland Street, LOndon, England

Event:

Man/Machine match

Round:

2

Copyright:

BGA

Time limit:

6600

Transcriber:

N.S.Wedd

Created with:

CGoban:3

BGAmatches [-]: play will start soon, both players are ready

BGAmatches [-]: Black is Many Faces of Go, on the same system as in round 1

underplay [5d]: John Tromp is a UK player?

gogonuts [5d]: how is the color determined?

BGAmatches [-]: coin toss for round 1, thern alternate

gogonuts [5d]: wasnt mf b the first game?

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John Tromp, 2d

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White team:

"Machine"

Black team:

"Man"

Komi:

7.50

Date:

28 December 2010

Place:

ISH, Great Portland Street, LOndon, England

Event:

Man/Machine match

Round:

2

Copyright:

BGA

Time limit:

6600

Transcriber:

N.S.Wedd

Created with:

CGoban:3

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