Re: computer-go: Evaluating positions

[Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <F150QZaLy3zDhNqS8AD00017b60@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Boesch
<ericboesch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

>Since a percent-alive statistic is in common use, it seems natural to 
>multiply this statistic by the group's influence.  Do others do this?  
>(Actually, I use two percent-alive statistics, depending on whether the 
>group is attacked or defended first.)

Doesn't a quarter-alive group have _more_ influence than a three-
quarter-alive one?

If you thrash around near a live but weakish group, you risk weakening
it further.  If you thrash around near a more-or-less-dead group, you
have little downside risk, and have threats to resurrect it.

Nick
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Nick Wedd