[computer-go] Re: Interesting problem

[Nick Wedd]

In message <459CD76C.80001 at snafu.de>, Robert Jasiek <jasiek at snafu.de> 
writes
>Nick Wedd wrote:
>> I think
>> the 1989 Japanese rules are clearly defined for all cases.
>
>The Japanese 1989 Rules are undefined for each final
>scoring position! Details are available on my webpages
>and in google's archives of rec.games.go threads. Since
>this is not a rules mailing list, I do not explain every
>detail here again. It shall suffice to recall that "cannot"
>in "if they cannot be captured by the opponent" is undefined:
>It defines neither hypothetical-sequence nor hypothetical-strategy.
>Not even the starting player of a hypothetical-sequence is mentioned
>in the rules.

I assume that "cannot be captured by the opponent" means that the 
opponent, playing first, cannot capture it.  I accept that it is unclear 
whether this opponent is the actual one present in the game, or a 
hypothetical competent one.

But this is a different argument.  I prefer Chinese rules to Japanese.

Nick
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Nick Wedd    nick at maproom.co.uk