Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

[David Fotland <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:17 PM 6/25/2001 +0100, you wrote:

> >You don't want to deal with the headache of 2 programs playing infinitely
> >in a triple ko. If a programmer thinks triple kos are too rare to bother
> >with, then (s)he is free not to implement superko and risk a loss.
I've never seen a triple ko in computer-go competition, and Many Faces 
would play
on in triple ko until very recently.



> This is necessary in Ing events, where the sponsor's rules say suicide
> is to be allowed.  The evidence shows that the "fostering" is
> ineffective.
In an early Ing tournament one of the weak programs deliberately suicided 
in every game and won several because the
other program couldn't accept suicide.


> Nick
> --
> Nick Wedd
David Fotland