Good players don't grab at everything. That's a losing strategy. Once one player is ahead, the player ahead plays safely to secure a high confidence win, and the player behind creates complications to try for an upset. The proverb says "when you are ahead, don't pick fights".
David > > But I am told that good players don't think like that, they just grab > at everything. > > - Don > > > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 10:06 -0700, David Fotland wrote: > > I was speaking of how people count, not computers. Chinese players > > count by taking all the stones off the board and putting them in > piles of ten. > > > > I've done (and seen) point by point counting on a real board, and it > > is really hard to get a correct result. You have to count at least > > twice to verify, and usually 3 or 4 times to get two counts that are > > the same. So no one does it this way. > > > > Clearly Chinese counting is easier for computers, but Japanese > > counting seems easier to most people. > > > > David > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Jasiek > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:56 AM > > > To: computer-go > > > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Re: Disputes under Japanese rules > > > > > > David Fotland wrote: > > > > Japanese rules' [...] the actual counting [...] The position is > > > preserved > > > > > > Japanese counting destroys the position by > > > - removal of dead stones > > > - filling in of (most) prisoners > > > - rearrangements of stones > > > - rearrangements of borders > > > - border stone colour changes > > > > > > After the removal of dead stones, these counting methods do NOT > > > destroy the position: > > > - point by point counting > > > - point by point half counting > > > - some algorithmic virtual counting like flood-filling > > > > > > -- > > > robert jasiek > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
