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

[Carter Cheng]

Well I was hoping for a static definition which could be assessed with minimal calculation. The problem with a definition relying on a best move metric in my mind is that "best move" is a very difficult thing to define in go since we do not (yet) have an accurate position evaluation function. 

--- On Sat, 5/10/08, Evan Daniel <evanbd at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Evan Daniel <evanbd at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Some beginner's questions concerning go bots
> To: "computer-go" <computer-go at computer-go.org>
> Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008, 12:55 PM
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Peter Drake
> <drake at lclark.edu> wrote:
> > On May 10, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Carter Cheng wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > How about "a situation where there are neutral
> points yet the best move is
> > to pass"?
> 
> Best move for both players -- in some positions and some
> rulesets,
> pass can be a ko threat.
> 
> To include Japanese rulesets, where filling dame is
> unimportant, you
> might want to require that pass be the unique best move.
> 
> Evan Daniel
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