It should make almost no difference, since on odd sized boards with area counting the game result will be the same unless there is a seki with an odd number of shared liberties. This kind of seki is rare. I'd guess less than one in a hundred games ends with such a seki on the board. AGA rules also have the effect of changing the komi depending on which side makes the last pass.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of "Ingo Althöfer" > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 11:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [computer-go] Re: WMSG - Scoring > > Michael Williams wrote: > > Seems like MC and MCTS programs would cope just fine > > after that one line of code is added. > > Ok, that is a technical answer. But ... > ... what does the rule change mean for strengths of > programs - especially in play against (strong) humans? > Would this rule help the computers or the humans? > > Ingo. > > >> ... WMSG-Scoring: > >> area scoring, super-ko, komi 6.5 and one special rule: > >> When White is the first player to pass than komi is changed > >> from 6.5 to 7.5 . > > -- > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: > http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
