RE: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

["Mark Boon" <tesuji@xxxxxxxxx>]

That depends on your idea of 'reasonable'. The longest ever recorded game
between humans is somthing like 420 moves, which already involved lots of ko
and little open space. I think 500 moves is rather safe, provided you don't
have a program that keeps on playing under the stones in the end.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nick Wedd
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:23 AM
> To: computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules
>
>
> 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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> Nick Wedd
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