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Re: [gnugo-devel] Re: [gtp] Re: resignation support in clients?
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Gunnar Farnebäck |
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Re: [gnugo-devel] Re: [gtp] Re: resignation support in clients? |
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Thu, 02 Sep 2004 01:31:09 +0200 |
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Marco wrote:
> OK. However, as a user, I think I would prefer to see GNU Go resign
> rather than pass in desesperate positions, even on small boards. The
> ability to resign is a big plus in the perceived value of GNU Go, IMHO.
> Sure, the difference between pass and resign in that case is not great,
> but there is no implication that the game should be counted. I
> understand that enabling it on smaller boards would probably require
> more testing.
In the special case where GNU Go finds that all its stones are dead
and the "thrash around for a while anyway" patterns don't kick in it
would at least be very natural to resign rather than pass. It should
be an easy patch.
/Gunnar