RE: computer-go: computer-go report: 2000 Ing Cup in Guiyang,China

[Matthew John Saffell <saffell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, TMCooper wrote:

> 
> Thankyou very much for posting this.  I just played through the Fungo v
> Go4++ match.  The programmers must have been tearing their hair out!
> 
> Could somebody elaborate on why, in this competition, playing inside the
> opponents territory but not inducing a response did not count against the
> 'offending' programme.
> 
> Thanks.  Tom.
> 

Under Ing scoring, the winner is the one who controls more than half the
board after prisoners are removed, be it by surrounding territory, or by
occupying with a stone. So filling a dame is worth a point.  Once all the
dame are filled you can play freely within your own territory without
decreasing your score (as long as you don't create a situation where your
oppenent can kill a group!).  Similarly you can play in your opponent's
territory (after the dame are filled) without losing points because they
are worthless as prisoners.  Indeed, in an Ing tournament you can hand
prisoners back to your opponent whenever they are taken off the board at
any time during the game because they are not used explicitly in scoring.  


Matt