[computer-go] Re: Explanation to MoGo paper wanted.

[forrestc at adnc.com]

steve uurtamo said:
>>There is one other issue I have seen  that is similar.  Sometimes
>> Lazarus will play a move that doesn't hurt nor help it's position. It's
>> not a wasted move because the opponent must respond or else lose.
>
> this sounds a good bit like a ko threat, which is tricky to distinguish
> from a good play.nfo/computer-go/

To play a ko threat in a ko fight is usually good play.

To play such moves anytime else is a really insidious bad habit, one
difficult to extinguish for anyone who assumes "forced moves" are
necessarily a good thing. One can burn a lot of opportunities this way
without even knowing they were ever there.

Forrest Curo


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