Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

[birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Heikki Levanto <heikki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:33:10PM -0700, birk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I agree with Robert that super-ko is NOT too complicated for humans.
>> (At least in real games) Most decent amateurs can replay their games, 
>> so it cannot be impossible to detect a super-ko violation.

> I disagree. It has taken many years of effort to get GnuGo to somewhere near
> 14 kyu level. How many 14 kyu players can reconstruct the game afterwards?
> Not many, I believe! We may be interested in perfect play and perfect
> players but we should not expect such perfection from our programs in the
> foreseeable future!

- I was talking about "decent amateurs" (whatever that is :-)
  14 kyu is beginner level (I was 14 kyu after a few months)

- for programs checking for super-ko is (almost) trivial and even 
  expected from humans under AGA (American Go Association) rules.

Christoph