Re: [computer-go] Third KGS tournament: game-end protocol

[Hellwig.Geisse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On 10-Jun-2005 David G Doshay wrote:
>  From my very first game of Go I was impressed by the end game where
> both players players pass when there is nothing more to be gained.
> When a dispute happened, usually because one player was more
> inexperienced than the other, the situation in question would be played
> out. It was always specified where the dispute on the board was, the
> stones in question are pointed to. All I want is for the protocol do the
> same, and along with the "please consider playing this out" request
> is a list of the stones in question.

This will not be possible in general, I suspect,
because of Ko. A Ko couples local play to the
whole board, so you cannot expect to always play
out a dispute purely locally.

Hellwig

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