Re: Re[2]: computer-go: perfect play

[Andre Engels <engels@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Roland wrote:

> wouldn't this configuration be enough? Of course you would have to
> mirror trough the center point, which means you respond j12 with l8.
> In this case you would only need 11 handicap stones.
> 
>      A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T
>   19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
>   18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
>   17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
>   16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
>   15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
>   14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
>   13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
>   12 . . . . . . . . . # # . . . . . . . . 12
>   11 . . . . . . . . # . # . . . . . . . . 11
>   10 . . . . . . . . # # # . . . . . . . . 10
>    9 . . . . . . . . # . # . . . . . . . . 9
>    8 . . . . . . . . # # . . . . . . . . . 8
>    7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
>    6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
>    5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
>    4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
>    3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
>    2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
>    1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
>      A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T

Has been tried before, and doesn't work:

       A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T
    19 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 19
    18 O # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # . O # 18
    17 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # # 17
    16 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 16
    15 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 15
    14 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 14
    13 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 13
    12 O # . . . . . . . # # . . . . . . O # 12
    11 O # . . . . . . # . # . . . . . . O # 11
    10 O # . . . . . . # # # . . . . . . O # 10
     9 O # . . . . . . # . # . . . . . . O # 9
     8 O # . . . . . . # # . . . . . . . O # 8
     7 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 7
     6 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 6
     5 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 5
     4 O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 4
     3 O O # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O # 3
     2 O # . O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O # 2
     1 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 1
       A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T

Next, white captures at C2. Black can play at R18, but that's not a capture.


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