[computer-go] Re: Interesting problem

[David Doshay]

On 4, Jan 2007, at 5:57 AM, Petri Pitkanen wrote:

> Also It is good that unsound invasions are punished. This is supposed
> to be game of skill. If someone make silly invasion that does not
> require answer, the more skilled player i.e player that correctly
> passes should be awarded a point for his skill.

This is the heart of my argument. I still consider it a feature when my
program passes 100+ times in the endgame. I do think that a bot
that plays hundreds of endgame moves that amount to nothing and
that their opponent does not even need to answer should pay a point
for each of those moves. I see it as perfectly fair that the bot with
the better ability to read, and thus knows it can pass, should be
rewarded for that reading skill.

Cheers,
David