Re: [computer-go] Chess programs versus go programs

[Ray Tayek <rtayek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:18 AM 12/3/04, you wrote:
> ...
> In chess, you generally take profit as soon as you see it, because it's 
> better to take the profit than to keep your pieces tied down threatening 
> to do so.  In go, the pieces don't move anyway, so often you should spend 
> your moves developing elsewhere.  With the ko rule and the immobility of 
> go stones, the attacker and defender each have their own reasons to let ko 
> threats accumulate.
exactly, in go, the pro's will leave situations unsettled and agi unused as 
long as possible.

thanks

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ray tayek <http://tayek.com/>, co-chair <http://www.ocjug.org/>, actively 
seeking telecommuting work.

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