Hi John,

I get bug reports too, about once per month.   So far they have never
shown an actually superko bug.

- Don


John Tromp wrote:
> hi Nick,
>
> On 11/12/07, Nick Wedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> The results of yesterday's KGS bot tournament are now available at
>> http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/32/index.html.
>>
>> Your comments and corrections will be appreciated as usual.
>>     
>
> You wrote:
> "In the round 8 game between FirstGoBot and break13, this position
> appeared. White has just captured two stones, and Black (break13)
> tried to recapture one stone. This ought to be allowed, no superko
> repetition is involved. However break13 was not allowed to recapture,
> and eventually timed out. Readers of this page can confirm that
> something has gone wrong by clicking on the above game link, using
> CGoban to look at the game, and going to the final position. It is not
> then possible to play a stone at L11, though it ought to be. This is
> very odd, and I have reported it to wms."
>
> However, there is nothing strange going on here. It's a simple
> case of sending 2, returning 1, which is prohibited by Positional
> Superko. Recapturing would repeat the position of 3 plies before
> (with white to move instead of black).
>
> regards,
> -John
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