John, If there were no 50 move rule in chess, how would that change the calculation?
I ask because I don't think the 50 move rule is part of the proper game of chess, it's more like "touch move", time forfeit and other irregularities which has nothing to do with the game itself but was written into the FIDE rules (and probably others) as a practical consideration, just like "touch move" and insufficient material draws. In the version of GO you are comparing to you don't stop the games when it's obvious one side cannot make progress so the comparison seems arbitrary or based on a rules technicality, a rule that is even known to be incorrect in the sense that a game can be stopped even though there is a forced win. For studying the theoretical properties of games I hate for such factors to color the results. Don On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Robert Jasiek <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14.12.2011 17:51, John Tromp wrote: > > due to the 50-move rule. > > Would chess instead with superko be much more interesting for > combinatorics? > > -- > robert jasiek > > ______________________________**_________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/computer-go<http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go> >
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