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

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 13:04:50 -0400
   From: John Tromp <tromp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

   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...

I see, if I pass AND send a score I  am protected against Tromp/Taylor
end game scoring which might not be valid on  an early pass.  But if I
pass without sending a  score and the  opponent does too, then endgame
scoring   applies.  This is  nice   and simple and    in the spirit of
the Tromp/Taylor ruleset.



   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.

Yes,  I see value in having this agreement phase too.

Don

   regards,

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