On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 10, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Carter Cheng wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the responses. My go skills are somewhat limited (only > 6-7kyu on KGS) so hopefully I am not belaboring the obvious. > I have a few followup questions- > 1) What mathematically is a seki? I know this is a local draw but can it be > determined statically at some point in all cases using some sort definition > without placing stones on the board (i.e. searching). I only know of three > cases here- the 1 eye each case with one shared liberty. two shared > liberties and the half eye situation. > > How about "a situation where there are neutral points yet the best move is > to pass"?
Best move for both players -- in some positions and some rulesets, pass can be a ko threat. To include Japanese rulesets, where filling dame is unimportant, you might want to require that pass be the unique best move. Evan Daniel _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
