Re: computer-go: perfect play

[Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx>]

William Harold Newman wrote:
> Now if Black plays mirror go, [...]
> I talked about this with Martin and we couldn't convince ourselves
> that there's no way to defeat it with (super)ko tricks, but we
> couldn't find such a way ourselves.

W can set up 4 basic kos A, A', B, B'. After playing the ko 
stones (with white starting) A, A', B, B', A', A, B' black is
prohibited from playing B, i.e. he has to stop playing mane go.
IF B and B' are larger than A and A', then white gains some
points in the process.

> Does anyone have a way to defeat this mirror-go strategy in any of
> these starting positions?

See above or various old RGG threads.

--rj