CarlJung wrote:
topazg wrote:
gowan wrote:
It's a well-known thing that how fast you can play through a game on a real board using only one or two diagrams is a rough measure of your go strength.
I've never been convinced by this. Doing lots of this sort of work speeds you up no end. I've known EGF 4 dans take 20 minutes going through a pro game with 3 diagrams (one per set of 100 moves). It normally takes me about 10 if I'm just playing it out and not analysing, and I understand T Mark Hall, with his work for GoGoD, generally takes 4-5 minutes per game.
Perhaps it's relative to the individual. Just imagine how much stronger you need to be to do it in 1 min
I bet a top pro can do it in a fraction of a second.
The only reason top pros do it much slower in public is that the air friction would set their clothes aflame otherwise.
But at home, when they can take off their garments, I hear they average 189 GPM (Games Per Minute)!! But maybe that's just rumors...
I shudder to think how fast Chuck Norris would be.
He would probably have the game full on the board before he even glances at the diagrams!
Now, that's what I call strength!
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