Re: [Computer-go] longest 3x3 game

2016-02-21 Thread Petr Baudis
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 09:00:54PM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote: > I'm wondering if there's some framework for studying combinatoric > aspects of games that are not only technically Go, but also actually > resemble real Go games played by competent players? > > This research doesn't touch my

Re: [Computer-go] longest 3x3 game

2016-02-21 Thread Petr Baudis
Hi! On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 01:55:05PM -0500, John Tromp wrote: > > very interesting. Is it allowed for players > > to pass in between? Do these passes count like > > normal moves? > > Yes, passes are implied whenever two consecutively played stones > are of the same color. I'm wondering if

Re: [Computer-go] longest 3x3 game

2016-02-21 Thread John Tromp
dear Darren, Ingo, > Again by random sampling? Yes, nothing fancy. > Are there certain moves(*) that bring games to an end earlier, or > certain moves(*) that make games go on longer? Would weighting them > appropriately in your random playouts help? You could try to weigh moves by how likely

Re: [Computer-go] Frisbee X

2016-02-21 Thread Ingo Althöfer
> Are there other games played with frisbees? I can only name a few games that may naturally be played with frisbees: Hex Havannah Connect6 (Gobang) Yavalath (by Cameron Browne) Cheers, Ingo. ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org

Re: [Computer-go] Frisbee Go

2016-02-21 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hi all, > I don't remember if there was consensus, but can repeat my previous thoughts: > > > 1. What happens with plays unintentionally on top of stones or out of > > bounds? > > Converted to involuntary pass. Agree. > Note that a throw must have some positive probability of converting into

Re: [Computer-go] longest 3x3 game

2016-02-21 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hi John, very interesting. Is it allowed for players to pass in between? Do these passes count like normal moves? > Found a 582 move 3x3 game... Can you give us sgf? My intuition says that there should be a constant delta > 0 such that for all board sizes m x n (with m > 1, n > 1) there exist