[computer-go] A thought about Bot-server communications

[Nick Wedd]

In message 
<7b0793ea0712100823g54261bfch37f6bb7a4775d609 at mail.gmail.com>, Álvaro 
Begué <alvaro.begue at gmail.com> writes

>It is not my intention to sound confrontational. I really don't know
>how other rule sets deal with tricky situations.

For long-cycle repetitions:
Japanese:      A repetition lead to "no result".  The game is replayed.
Chinese:       A player may not repeat a previous board position and
                when he does the game counts as half a win to each
                player.  (KGS interprets this as Positional Superko.)
Ing/SST:       Some repetitions are forbidden by the SST ko rule, which
                very few people understand.
AGA:           Positional Superko
Tromp-Taylor:  Positional Superko
NZ:            Situational Superko
France:        Natural Situational Superko

Suicide is permitted by Ing/SST, Tromp-Taylor and NZ rules, and 
forbidden by the others listed above.

Nick
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