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

[birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>I think this should be considered ungentlemanly conduct, the way it is
>>with human players too.

> 1. The programs are professionals, not amateurs; winning is what matters. (*)
> 2. If really want to win a game, you are losing, and you know your opponent
> is capable of 10-kyu mistakes, wouldn't you try to start a complex sequence
> that might give you a ko or something?

exactly! And why don't those "stupid" programs answer those threads?
Again, under ING rules you can fill your own territory without 
penalty (after dame is played).

Christoph