A couple of technical nitpick questions: On Jan 23, 2008 5:57 AM, David Fotland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since the komi contains a half point, there should be almost no ties,
How should there be "almost no" ties, instead of "no" ties, with the half point in the komi? (Or are you thinking of rulesets that award half-points for seki situations and such?) > between two perfect players, one color will always win by half a point. Is this actually provably true in the mathematical sense? I agree it has intuitive appeal, but on the face of it, it seems possible that a "perfectly" played game could involve a fight over a big dragon, resulting in a large score difference. "Perfect" play on very small boards doesn't always result in very close final scores, right? Maybe part of the problem is I'm not 100% sure what "perfect" play means for a player who loses. :) cheers russ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
