[computer-go] KO in Hashtable-UCT?

[forrestc at adnc.com]

Peter Drake said:
> It took me a long time to get around my mental block and accept the
> advice of everyone here, but your intuition is correct: superko is so
> rare, and so expensive to detect, that you should NOT check for it on
> every move.

Depending on how a program works, you may well need to check for
repetitions other than straight ko,

ie

black white
a2--pass
b2--pass
b1--a1
a2...

Forrest Curo


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