Re: computer-go: Stages of the Go game

[Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx>]

Conor O' Kane wrote:
> 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?

Maybe you'd better program 9x9 go. There anything except the first
move can reasonably be considered endgame, even if part of this
includes survival of groups.

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robert jasiek