computer-go: Stages of the Go game

["Conor O' Kane" <cokane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again :o)

As I've said in previous mails I'm working on a Go program as a final
year project. Perhaps foolishly I'm not a regular Go player (it seems to
me that most Go developers were fans of the game before programmers).

Anyway, my new question is:

I've read papers about endgame techniques etc., are there specific
start,middle, and end stages in a Go game? Do any of the current Go
programmes try to determine what stage a game is at and base their AI on
the stage the game is at?

Thanks again,
Conor
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