Re: computer-go: Mathematical Go

[Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx>]

Martin Mueller wrote:
> Regarding ko fights, a lot of very good work has been done by Berlekamp,
> Spight, Fraser and others in Berkeley. Myself and Bill Fraser have
> implemented many of these techniques, but we are still quite a bit away
> from being able to build a completely automated endgame solver including ko
> and all the other complications.

Certainly, this work is impressive, so much indeed that I have
not found time to understand it yet:) However, my first impression
is that only particular cyclical classes are treated and not all
possible cyclical classes. Is this right and which are treated,
which not?

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robert jasiek