RE: computer-go: perfect play

["Johan Roos (QCS)" <Johan.Roos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>A wining position is a position where one wins whatever the opponent does,
>and similar for a losing one. There is no way to "turn around" the tables...

If you are playing a perfect player, no there isn't. But an imperpect player could mess up a winning position by chosing a losing one later, this is what "Devil" hopes for but "God" assumes you never do.

>Otherwise the perfect game would be one of the following two

>Black: <winning move>
>White: resigns

>or

>Black: resigns

>Not a very interesting vision, right? :-)

Yes, fortunately humans can't see this and play anyhow ;-)

//Johan