Re: computer-go: Computer Go Tournament Program

[John Tromp <tromp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 03:06:43PM -0400, Don Dailey wrote:

>     implied score = score calculated by TT rules.
>     =================	
> 
>  .  A score is either provided, or implied with any pass move.  
> 
>  .  2 consecutive passes end the game if the coresponding scores
>     agree.
> 
>  .  The game ends after 4 consecutive passes regardless of score
>     agreement.  In this case the final score is calculated according 
>     to TT.

That summarizes it nicely.

One tiny detail is the exact definition of score:
The two main candidates are

  1) the difference of B area minus W area

  2) the pair of (B area, W area)

Does 1) suffice or are there cases where the extra information in 2) is useful?
A further alternative is to include the komi in the above, but I think
it's cleaner to focus on the board score. The arbiter will then take komi into
account to decide the winner.

regards,
-John