Le lundi 23 octobre 2006 22:12, Don Dailey a écrit : > I'm just looking for a way out of the KO ugliness as a mental exercise.
argllll , ko is not ugly :) A famous go proverb, you can find in the excellent book "go proverbs": "If you are afraid of ko, don't play go." And a strong pro (sorry i forgot who) approximately said: "If life was go game, i would live by ko." > There appears to be no way unless the game is changed significantly. Ko is also a way to manage weaknesses: if one player is solid (and probably seems a bit small), and the other has many weakness (and looks wide), the first one can play move which need ko because he will win it, and so he has more choice for his moves. It seems this kind of strategic consideration/evaluation is not (yet) part of computer go (and as kyu player, its hardly getting into my game ;) Alain > > You could just allow simple KO under the same circumstances of move or > time limited games. > > > - Don > > > On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 22:00 +0200, John Tromp wrote: > > On 10/23/06, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm not very good at GO, but I would assume that it would change the > > > game some. But it would be a change that was adjusted to. Knowing how > > > to avoid these situations would be part of a good players strategy. > > > > "Some" is an understatement. It would change the game quite a bit, > > since almost every game features kos, not only in actual play, but also > > in the considerations of both players. > > > > > How bad would it be? Would it create a situation where good players > > > couldn't beat significantly weaker players any longer? > > > > Yes; you can argue about the value of being able to win all kos > > in terms of handicap stones. I think it would be well over 4 stones. > > Being able to invade and create moonshine life is quite a perk. > > > > Could be a fun experiment to put to the test:) > > > > regards, > > -John > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
