[computer-go] When is Pass the best move?

[Mark Boon]

On 23-okt-06, at 14:23, Don Dailey wrote:

> Then all the nonsense goes away.   It then comes down to each player
> having his fate in his own hands.    If you want to win, you will  
> avoid
> cycles,

That's a rather bizarre proposal. Ko is so common in Go. It would  
mean that he who is ahead would have to concede every possible ko,  
even some extremely unreasonable ones. In those cases where the game  
balances on the ko (which is a high percentage) you'd get a draw.

Mark

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