Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

[Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <3B399653.45E7B98B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Erik van der Werf
<E.vanderWerf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

>Ofcourse if both players continue to place over 500 stones a draw seems
>fine. After all this number is significantly larger then the longest
>game ever! (for more info see last weeks thread 'Why ko')

It is quite possible for a reasonable game on a 19x19 board to take over
1000 moves (500 each).  Such a game might involve an early molasses ko
(see http://www.britgo.org/rules/molasses.html#mol) with four moves
being played in the molasses ko for every one that progresses the rest
of the game.

I see no reason to prevent such games.

Nick
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