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Eugine_Nier comments on Does Checkers have simpler rules than Go? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 15 August 2013 01:46:10AM 2 points [-]

I agree that the chinese rules are more elegant, anyway.

I'm not sure about that. In a sense I'd say the Platonic ideal of what the Japanese rules are supposed to be is more elegant that the Chinese rules, it's just hard to write down the ideal rules explicitly.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 15 August 2013 05:54:15PM 2 points [-]

That's a funny condition to be in. Do you mean that the Japanese rules would lead to more elegant play?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 16 August 2013 05:47:32AM 5 points [-]

Chinese rules effectively remove the low bit of the score under normal circumstances. Also Japanese rules reward certain types of insights about the situation.