Re: computer-go: suicide move

[Jim Levenick <levenick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

xxx
xox
x-x  <----
oxo
xxx
x-x
xxx

The x's are alive.

But, if o need a ko threat, can play on the interior (on the empty 
space in front of the arrow, sacrificing 2 stones, and threatening to 
throw in there again making the upper eye false.

This is the *only* case I know of.

On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 03:42 PM, Chris Fant wrote:

> Can someone please give an example of when a suicide is a good move 
> (Chinese
> rules, obviously).  Thanks.