Re: computer-go: "The value of sente"

[birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>Could someone please define "the value of sente?"   Thanks.

> With good play it is about 15 at the start of the game, and falls
> (though not quite monotonically) to 0 at the end of the game.  With poor
> play, it is somewhat smaller.

The first move is considered to be worth about 5-6 points. Sente
cannot be more than that. 
But it may be higher for later moves and the fall again ... I don't know.

Christoph