Re: [computer-go] Super Ko on KGS ignores player to move

[David G Doshay <ddoshay@xxxxxxx>]

The Cotsen Open in LA, in which SlugGo played this year, is played
under ING rules.


Cheers,
David


On 15, Aug 2005, at 10:12 PM, David Fotland wrote:

> Suicide is legal under ING SST rules.  There was a program at an
> Ing-sponsored tournament that did exactly that.  it committed suicide
> deliberately to win games, and it worked against at least one program. 
>  It
> did not work in the game against Many Faces of Go, and the program 
> author
> looked dissapointed.
>
> Ing sponsored the major computer go tournament for over 15 years, so 
> all of
> the older programs played by these rules, and I would conder them a 
> major
> rule set.  The Ing foundation still sponsors many amateur tournaments 
> with
> these rules.
>
> The ko rules in SST are interesting, since they try to be complete, 
> without
> introducing the problems caused by superko.
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