Q: Does BGBlitz2Go use the same artificial
intelligence as BGBlitz?
A: Not exactly, but very close. The resources on a
mobile phone are limited. For that reason, the neural net
for BGBlitz2Go is much smaller, roughly 20% of the size of
BGBlitz. For the same reason it has no endgame database and
evaluates only one ply. Because the mobile phones getting
more capable with the time, we expect to provide those two
features in the near future. The code of the AI itself is
nearly identical.
Q: How strong is BGBlitz2Go's game play?
A: We havn't measured it so far. Because of the
restrictions mentioned above, it is weaker than BGBlitz but
it plays a pretty decent game. As far as we know, it is the
only Backgammon available for cell phones that is based not
only on neural net technology but also on an implementation
that has shown its extraordinarily strength.