Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

[Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0106211719580.21627-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tim Klinger <klinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
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>On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Xinwei Kong wrote:
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>> The most simple Go rules:
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>> Rule 1: never allow to repeat a previous board state unless pass
>> Rule 2: both pass end the game
>> Rule 3: only stones on the board counts

>I think that there are most likely an infinite number of positions in this
>game since either player can fill their own eyes causing occupied points
>to again become empty.

This is also true in normal Go.  If a player is stupid enough to fill in
his own eyes, his group gets captured and the game is prolonged.  If
both players are stupid enough to do this repeatedly, the game can go on
for a very long time.  

Nick
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Nick Wedd