On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 15:49 -0700, steve uurtamo wrote: > >There is one other issue I have seen that is similar. Sometimes > >Lazarus will play a move that doesn't hurt nor help it's position. > >It's not a wasted move because the opponent must respond or else lose. > > this sounds a good bit like a ko threat, which is tricky to distinguish > from a good play.
It's not a ko threat. Lazarus will attack a fairly small group inside of territory that is controlled by the opponent. The attack is easily refuted with a capture, and when that happens no time was lost. But the opponent must capture immediately or the threat Lazarus made actually works. It's as if Lazarus just wants to see if a quick cheap shot will work. Of course having it do this inside the tree, is a distraction. It's like a horizon effect in chess, a pointless check to kill 2 ply. - Don > s. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's > Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 > _______________________________________________ > 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/
