> From: Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 18:56 +0000, tony tang wrote:
> Some of my programs do not place any stone on the edge, unless it
> touches some other stone. I also count the diagonal, so if there is a
> stone diagonally next to an edge point, I allow a move to that point.
> But if there is nothing diagonally or orthogonally adjacent, I do not
> allow a move to that point.
Is that only for the opening? It would exclude many monkey-jump invasions,
which can be very valuable in the early end-game.
Back to the original question - accounting for symmetry, there 55 distinct
opening moves on a 19x19 board.
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