[computer-go] A plan for building a 7x7 GO solver.

[Don Dailey]

On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 20:33 +0000, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote:
> The actual number of states that represent legal go position is
> smaller than that. Even more, I think there are legal positions that
> can be reached only by passing - these could also be skipped in a
> database, I think.

I don't see how I can avoid passing moves.   You must pass in seki
situations and you must pass to avoid filling eyes.

I can probably identify some positions where it can be seen that passing
is NOT the only best move but I sense this would not reduce the number
of obtainable legal positions.

- Don