Evaluating kos in a neutral threat environment: Preliminary results

Abstract

The idea of a komaster made it possible to use thermography to analyze loopy games, called kos, in Go. But neither player may be komaster. In that case a neutral threat environment permits the construction of thermographs for kos. Using neutral threat environments some hyperactive kos are evaluated and general results are derived for approach kos. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.