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

[John Tromp <tromp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don wrote:

> support  the idea if it's truly  made simple.  I am suggesting nothing
> fancier that stopping the game when/if both player agree on the score.
> The  implementation could be  that you send a score  with the move and
> send -1 if you are not ready to come to agreement.

Or it would suffice to send this score only when u pass...

The main advantage of early agreement is that we can publish the game
records of computer matches without the extra 30 or so dead stone
capturing moves, which will make them more appealing for human
consumption.

regards,

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