[computer-go] Some beginner's questions concerning go bots

[Carter Cheng]

Thanks everyone for the responses. My go skills are somewhat limited (only 6-7kyu on KGS) so hopefully I am not belaboring the obvious. 

I have a few followup questions-

1) What mathematically is a seki? I know this is a local draw but can it be determined statically at some point in all cases using some sort definition without placing stones on the board (i.e. searching). I only know of three cases here- the 1 eye each case with one shared liberty. two shared liberties and the half eye situation.

2) I am guessing hash maps get quite large if they are exhaustive. i.e. (nxn)^3 can quickly become quite big. Or do they tend to be sparsely populated?

3) GTP and time management and scoring after two passes. Are these issues discussed anywhere? Do libraries like Orego and Libgo contain code that already does this which can be used as a reference?

Thanks again,

Carter.


 

 


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