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

["Grajdeanu, Adrian" <adrian.grajdeanu@xxxxxxx>]

> Using Japanese rather than Chinese rules does not make the game more
> 'intelligent'.  With a few exceptions * % the value of a move 
> under one ruleset is a constant plus the value of that move under
> the other ruleset.

You are right. Yet, knowing there is no penalty for moving inside your own
territory it may be tempting to move there even though it is not entirely
necessary. So lazy players (like me) wouldn't think the move entirely.