Re: computer-go: Is this a legal move?

[David Fotland <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, this is legal, and the B stones will be captured.  If B makes two 
separated empty intersections
it can't be captured, and the game will end.


David

At 02:38 PM 3/2/2003 -0800, Todd Detwiler wrote:
> Sorry if this is an innapropriate message for this list, I am new here 
> (and new to Go as well). I illustrate with a 5x5 board where W=white, 
> B=black, and _=vacant intersection):
>
> BBBBB
> BBB_B
> BBBBB
> BBBBB
> BBBBB
>
> If it is white's turn to play and they play in the one remaining open 
> intersection, do they remove all of the black stones from the board? It 
> would, after all, remove the last remaining liberty of that group. I 
> realize that this probably never happpens in human play, but I am working 
> on a computer Go player and, when I play it against itself, the game never 
> seems to end because it keeps encountering the aforementioned situation 
> and basically clearing the board, with this play, and starting over.
> Thanks,
> Todd