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

Robert Jasiek jasiek at snafu.de
Mon Dec 10 09:05:33 PST 2007


Nick Wedd wrote:
> Chinese:       A player may not repeat a previous board position and
>                when he does the game counts as half a win to each
>                player.

According to influentual Chinese professionals, the superko rule is a 
fake overridden by the referee ko rules section. Or: pos. superko 
applies to sending-2-returning-1 shapes only.

> Ing/SST:       Some repetitions are forbidden by the SST ko rule, which
>                very few people understand.

Fewer than 1 :)

> AGA:           Positional Superko

According to most interpretors: Situational Superko.
According to Terry Benson: Natural Situational Superko

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robert jasiek


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