[gnugo-devel] Joseki variations question

[Evan Berggren Daniel]

I noticed a problem in the game gnugo-3.3.17-ylamaki-200303262305.sgf.  At
move 9, the position is:

   A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T
19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
16 . . . X . . . . . + . . . . . X . . . 16
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10 . . . + . . . . . + . . . . . + . . . 10
 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . . . 5
 4 . . . X . . . . . + O . . . X O . . . 4
 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . X . X O . . 3
 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
   A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T


Clearly, a play in the lower right is in order.  However, Gnu Go plays
tenuki.  To what degree do we wish to fix problems in variations like this
with changes to the joseki database?  I think it should be obvious to Gnu
Go that the lower right is the place to play, and there aren't any complex
considerations that it doesn't understand.  Clearly, complex or subtle
variations that aren't quite joseki need to be in the database, but there
is also value (I believe) to keeping the database small and uncluttered.

What do other people think about this?

Evan Daniel