When I added code to by bot to prohibit single-stone suicide in the MC playouts, I saw about a 200 ELO point gain plus an increase in pps due to the shorter games. I did not need to limit game length to 2x board area.
When I added code to also prohibit multi-stone suicides in the MC playouts, I saw the appearance of infinitely long games due to unrestricted board repetition. So I then had to add the 2x board area limit. But I also saw a significant drop in strength and a significant drop in pps. I understand that allowing multi-stone suicide seems like a bad idea, but because it makes board repetition much more unlikely, it seems like a good idea. Do I have a bug? Has anyone else actually tried prohibiting single-stone suicide while allowing multi-stone suicide? _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
