Erik wrote: > Sure, but that does not necessarily matter because there are many more > end- than middle-game positions. The reason I brought it up is that I > remembered a statement by someone (sorry forgot the source, maybe John > or Gunnar remembers) that from all legal positions nearly all can be > considered final. Of course one could argue about what makes a > position final, obviously not all borders will be nicely closed and > generally there will still be some points to be gained, but I think > the main idea was that at that point the winner is relatively easy to > determine (so one side would normally resign). This also makes sense > if you simply look at the expected number of stones on the board.
I don't remember that statement. My guess, without trying it out, is that most legal positions are rather unsettled and that the number of positions that are final in any strong sense is a tiny fraction of the legal positions. /Gunnar _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
