Re: [gnugo-devel] regress endgame:603

[Arend Bayer]

Dan wrote:
> I think the point of the problem is that it is supposed to
> be policy to prefer a 3 point reverse sente to a 5 point gote.
> The engine does endgame analysis locally without taking into
> account what other local games (in the sense of combinatorial
> game theory) exist on the board. A real combinatorial endgame
> engine would definitely prefer G6 in this position, and the
> problem could be revised by placing another 3 point gote
> position on the board.

Not sure how much sense it makes to have this as a regression test, as
long as we have no machinery whatsoever (as you explained) to see why
a 3 point reverse sente could be worth less than a 5 point gote.

Arend