On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:05 -0800, David Doshay wrote: > I do not think that any apology is needed. The length of the game was > due only to a setting you have that is totally appropriate for a > Chinese rules tournament game.
I don't agree with this at all. Is it appropriate under Japanese rules to continue playing, when the game is lost for sure and all territory has been made? This point has been made before, and yet needs repeating whenever this discussion comes up: Nothing forces you to pass in Japanese rules. A losing computer could keep on playing in the hopes of forcing the opponent out of time or to hit a bug. If a computer program knows how to play the endgame so that it doesn't lose points under Chinese rules, then it should know when to pass, and should do so. There's no need for a game to go on for 500 moves just because Chinese rules are being used. -Jeff _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
