I think Don Dailey makes a good point about creating a
line of search which can quickly prove or refute a
line of play.
I've been using life-and-death problems to improve my
own level of play, and sometimes "vital move" patterns
quickly lead to proper solutions - but sometimes they
fail, and one must look for unlikely patterns which
seldom or never show up in game records.
When I play Mogo and other MC programs, I find it
highly profitable to set up conditions for a "life and
death" problem which the programs can't resolve - yet!
I'm sure future generations will be more clever.
13x13 and 19x19 boards give a lot more scope for such
shenanigans; on a 9x9 board, it's harder to isolate
groups, and fewer playouts will pretty much exhaust
the important possibilities.
Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state
education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit
obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons [June 15, 1874]
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