It's nice that they've improved by nine stones in a year, but what I don't buy is the idea that this means they're going to get up to winning an unhandicapped game against a 9th dan player anytime soon.

As I understand it the game is currently playing like a very good amateur player. If the experience with chess is anything to go by, it took an awful lot of work to get from the point of beating most amateurs to the point of beating Kasparov.