On Thursday 06 April 2006 20:24, William M. Shubert wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 18:17 -0600, Markus Enzenberger wrote:
> > I think it would be good enough, if the specification mentions, that a Go
> > engine does not necessarily have to be able to play moves by the same
> > color in a row, to keep GTP controllers from making this assumption
> > without real necessity. Most tasks, like playing games, do not need
> > support for non-alternating play.
>
> How do you handle free placement of handicap stones?
NeuroGo can initialize its data structures from a position, which is good
enough for setup positions (if no moves are played yet) and fixed handicap.
I had no special code for free handicap placement, I always considered free
handicap to be the same as the opponent answering your moves with a pass for
a certain number of times in the beginning of the game.