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

[birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

timhunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> To make things fair we award k points komi to white, so the values go:
>                  Value
>Start             -k
>      Black plays
>After move 1      m - k
>      White plays
>After move 2      -k
>      Black plays
>After move 3      m - k
>      White plays
>After move 4      -k
>
>This will be fair if m - k = k, or if m = 2*k.
>
>Since komi is normally 5.5 or 6.5, this suggests m is about 11 or 13.

Nice explanation.
Thx,
Christoph