Re: computer-go: Engineering (was: Most simple Go rules)

[Christian Nentwich <c.nentwich@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>    White: that group is dead
>    Black: no it's not
>    White: try me
>    Black: <moves>
>    White: <moves>
>    Black: ok, it's dead
>    Ex:
>
>    White: that group is dead
>
>    Which group?  how do you define group?   Which computer starts the
>    negotiation process?   etc.

Ok, first a reply to the other posts: I am not inventing a new protocol. This 
is the protocol that I see in use everywhere. Setting aside computer-go 
competitions, it has quite a bit of paedagogic value.

Now.

White: These stones are dead <a5,a4,f5,g7>
Black: <assesses life&death> I wish to challenge
White: Accepted
Black: plays move
White: plays move
....
Black: I give up
White: These stones are dead <a5,a4,f5,g7,new stones>
Black: <retrieves cached result> Agree

Why is this difficult to implement?

Christian