[computer-go] Please have your bot resign, for your own good

[Don Dailey]

Robert Jasiek wrote:
> Don Dailey wrote:
>>> This raises an interesting (to me) theoretical question: is there a
>>> ruleset that allows games to end in a more reasonable time without
>>> changing general play?  
>> There is no such rule-set that I know of.
>
> If it is specified more clearly what "end in a more reasonable time
> without changing general play" shall mean, I might give an answer.

No matter how you look at it, you can never solve the problem of a
malicious opponent who wants to prolong the game needlessly.     You can
only try to punish him for doing so with something like Japanese
scoring.    But if a player is already losing the game there is no
incentive NOT to fill in every point and play to the bitter end.

- Don