On Dec 10, 2007 6:07 PM, Álvaro Begué <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like even under non-superko rules, something special happens if a > position is repeated, which means that a program should know the entire > history of the game, or it may accidentally repeat a previous position, even > if it is winning the game by a large margin.
Yes, but my point was that this special thing does not necessarily have to happen directly. If both sides have played the full cycle at least once then they have had every opportunity needed for analysis and for playing elsewhere. If neither side chooses to abandon the cycle (and look-ahead can show there is a cycle anywhere in the cycle!) then there is no need to play forever and the server (referee) can simply decide the result based on a long-cycle analysis. Erik _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
