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

[David G Doshay <ddoshay@xxxxxxx>]

On 10, Jun 2005, at 9:43 AM, Chris Fant wrote:

> On 6/10/05, David Fotland <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > So if my program thinks it is behind, it should just declare all 
> > opponent
> > stones dead, and make moves inside
> > the opponent's territory and hope the opponent makes a mistake, or 
> > loses on
> > time.
> In Chineese scoring, it should do that anyway, right?  Regardless of
> any dead-stone declaration protocol.
You should try until you are confident that there is nothing to be 
gained.
There is nothing wrong with making to opponent show you that they
have 2 eyes and are connected. After that, what is the point? When a
person plays like that we consider them rude. We should not reward
our programs for doing the same.

Cheers,
David



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