John Tromp

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John Tromp is a researcher formerly employed by the [ext] Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica. He has published papers on the Complexity of Go. His [ext] homepage contains a list of his research and recreational interests. John Tromp's [ext] Go page includes The Logical Rules of Go also known as the Tromp-Taylor Rules.

He made the Shodan Go Bet that before 2011, no computer program running on "ordinary" hardware could beat him in a 10 game match. In late 2010, Tromp won a best of seven match by 4-0 against Many Faces of Go in games played at the London Open and broadcast on KGS. In January 2012, he lost 1-3 to Zen in a five game match on KGS with similar conditions.

In February 2016, he published the number of possible legal positions on a 19x19 board to the last digit. This had been estimated in the past, but the exact number was unknown. See the below Publications section.

Publications:

Among his publications on the Complexity of Go are:


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