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Subject: Re: AGJ article - (nf)
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ucbesvax!turner    Jan  4 21:13:00 1984

Yeah, how *does* one define sabaki to a computer, anyway?  I've taken
it to mean that one's attacks and defenses can take many forms, and that
both the attacks and defenses can be deferred for several moves, in a
pinch.

This seems very combinatorial.  To define a "light shape" as a local
collection of "light shape" moves begs the question.  One must measure
the cluster's ability to withstand attacks from all angles, with
a possibly large (2-4) number of approach moves from the opponent
before any response is necessary to avoid total loss.

I would want a heavily-optimized tesuji-reader before even embarking on
the design of a sabaki evaluator.
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Michael Turner (ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner)