David Fotland wrote:
Semantics. If white passes first she has to give one more prisoner to black than if black passes first. This changes the score by one point relative to Japanese rules, which "has the same effect" as changing the komi by a point. Of course I'm aware that the komi is not actually changed.
So you would also say that Chinese and New Zealand rules "change the komi" depending on who passes first? I think that's pretty silly...
(Note that playing with AGA rules does not require the use of pass stones. It is perfectly valid to play with AGA rules and not use any pass stones.)
WMSG rules, however, "change the komi" relative to other area-scoring rules. That's a fundamental difference.
Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
