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> solve go (Ie, can the first mover guarantee a win?). Solving Go means determining by what margin the first player can win, or equivalently, at what komi for
by tromp 3y ago
> solve go (Ie, can the first mover guarantee a win?).
Solving Go means determining by what margin the first player can win,
or equivalently, at what komi for white the game is a theoretical draw.
That also makes it dependent on the exact rule set used.
E.g. 2x2 go is a +1 first player win with the Tromp-Taylor rules of Go, while the Japanese rules are not even sufficiently formalized to allow scoring a 2x2 game.