On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:25:01PM +0000, p...@tabor.com wrote: > I think Heikki makes a valid point here. I am not a particularly strong > player (about 1-2 dan european), but I have learned that playing > defensively is generally detrimental to the final result, whereas taking > the initiative is more likely to lead to a win. If moves close to the > existing position are given much greater weight than those further away, > this may result in more defensive play than otherwise.
Actually, as I undersand it, the rule was not to play close to the opponent's last move, but to limit play to either - 3rd, 4th, or 5th row - near any stone already played. This makes much more go-sense to me, even though I am a weak player (something like 5 kyu in Denmark). This rule will allow most of the common side extensions, invasions, etc, as well as answering any move locally or not. It will disallow some few moyo-reducing moves, but not too many. I guess in most cases those moyos can also be reduced by playing close enough to other stones, and/or on the 4th or 5th line. Of course a clever player who knows about this can direct the game so that he ends with a moyo, where the optimal reduction move does not get considered. That sounds tricky, and the advantage from such is slight, he can be a tiny bit more confident of keeping his moyo... - Heikki -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
