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Subject: Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 12:20:04 06/08/02

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On June 08, 2002 at 02:13:25, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>The size of the board on which it is played is just so much part of the game.

This is where we disagree. Since go is played on different sized boards, then go
played on a 2x2 board is just as much go as it is played on a 19x19 board or a
100x100 board. When a game is scalable like that, you can't say that the size of
the board is "part of the game", because it changes. In other words, if you
claim that the size of the board is "part of the game", then go played on a
board that is any other size than 19x19 is not go, which is clearly not the
case.

If chess were played on a 10x10 board, that would not be chess, but a variant of
chess. If go were played on a different sized board, it is still go, not a
variant of go. That is where I see the difference.

Russell

• Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money? Gian-Carlo Pascutto 12:31:07 06/08/02
  • Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money? Russell Reagan 12:33:33 06/08/02
    • Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money? Tord Romstad 00:28:33 06/10/02
    • Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money? Gian-Carlo Pascutto 12:35:48 06/08/02
      • Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money? Russell Reagan 12:41:56 06/08/02
        • Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money? Gian-Carlo Pascutto 12:48:42 06/08/02
          • Re: What is the thinking game that gives programmers more money? Russell Reagan 13:15:43 06/08/02

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