Re: computer-go: Most simple Go rules

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   From: Christian Nentwich <c.nentwich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

   > >Heikki Levanto wrote:
   > >> You may not immediately recapture a single stone.
   > >This is a terrible wording...
   > I managed to understand it immediately.  This is not something that I
   > can always do with Robert's explanations ...

   This is where must come to Robert's rescue.. I agree that it's a terrible 
   wording. Some of you may have played Go for a long time and forgot what it 
   was like as a beginner.

I will come  to everyones rescue!  Robert  is indeed articulate but so
is Heikki.   Heikki probably didn't expect us  to analyze his informal
statement under  a  microscope!  I  agree in principle  that he didn't
supply enough information to make full sense out of it.

Don



   ......
   .xxo..
   xoo.o.

   Suppose black captures two stones. According to the wording above, white 
   can't recapture. I needed some extra explanation here as a beginner (there is 
   no repetition if you recapture so its ok).

   Then again, i think the importance of this is overestimated greatly. We are 
   talking about a timeframe of 5 minutes here. And another 5 minutes for the 
   "complicated extra rules in the Japanese rule system".

   Christian