Erik van der Werf wrote: >I just checked to be sure; Steenvreter correctly passes in both >examples. I'm speculating, but I think your problem is that you only >adjust for the difference between Japanese and Chinese counting in the >playouts. However, once consecutive passing gets into the tree you >have to correct earlier. > >The way I think of it Japanese rules have two phases: (1) the game >phase and (2) the confirmation phase. In the game phase passing first >can gain a point. In the confirmation phase it can not. The >confirmation phase normally starts after 2 consecutive passes. If the >confirmation phase has not started yet in the tree then the entire >playout can be considered a confirmation phase.
Do you have a special algorithm for the confirmation phase in the tree? Could you explain the details? -- Yamato _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
