Re: computer-go: Passing on a 9x9 board

[Christian Nentwich <c.nentwich@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I don't know enough from neuro-nets so this is just an idea:
> If the net thinks it should pass after 35 it's just silly and there comes

It's a good idea, but setting the threshold to 35 is not. After 18 moves, you 
can have a meaningful game on a 9x9 board (each side drawing a vertical line
through the center).

<speculate>
Of course you can also place 18 moves randomly. I suggest you have a metric 
for 'connectedness' (number of adjacencies between stones). If the stones 
have been placed randomly, there will be no adjacencies.

You would have to work out the details, but if more than 18 moves are played 
and the metric sounds reasonably high, you can allow the pass.
</speculate>

Christian

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