Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

[Inge Wallin <inge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Yeah, you guys got me curious: when would a suicide move be desirable? Or a
> > triple ko (other then asking for a draw)?
> 
> A suicide move can be useful as a ko threat. E.g. white B1 here:
>   4 O O O O . . . . . 4
>   3 . . . . O . . . . 3
>   2 # # # # O O O O O 2
>   1 O . O # O . . . . 1
>     A B C D E F G H J
> This is pretty academic at the level of ko understanding that most
> (all?) current programs have.

I wouldn't be surprised if GNU Go would play this as a ko threat if it
thought that suicide was legal.  It has become rather stronger at
playing ko in the last few months.  As a proof I present an example
where GNU Go won a ko fight against a human player in a pretty skilled
way. The ko fight starts around move 200.

Inge Wallin
Member of the GNU Go team

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