THE GAME Clobber is a partizan game created in 2001 by MH Albert JP Grossman and RJ Nowakowski Al bert et al 2004 It is played on an rectangular board where black and white stones are originally placed in a checkerboard fashion A move consists of m ID: 42065
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2ICGAJournalSubmittedg7xg6...(SeeFigure1.) zjzzjjjjzzzjzjzjjzjjzzzzjjzzjzjjzjjjjzzjzFigure1:Thepositionafter12g7xg6Atthispoint,Black(ClobberA)succeededincuttingoff5Whitestones.Thereisnothingformallyprovenabouthowbaditactuallyistohaveisolated“dead”groups,butintuitivelyitisclearthatitisabonustohavegroupswithmanystonesofyourownandafewofyouropponent's.Ifmanyofone'sstonesarecutofffromthegame,thenononehandwecanseethatthereisnowayofreconnectingtheminClobber,andontheotherhandinthiscasetherearelessresourcesofforminggoodgroups.ThuswemaysaythatthepositioninFigure1favorsBlack.12...c7xc813g6xf6c5xd514d8xc8d5xd615c3xd3...(SeeFigure2.) zjzjjjzzzjjzjjjzzzzjjzzzjjzjjjjzzjzFigure2:Thepositionafter15c3xd3Atthispoint,MILAwasabletocomputethegametilltheendandseethatunderperfectplay,ClobberAwouldwin.ClobberA,however,stillplayedinmiddlegamemodeandusedMonteCarloheuristictogenerateitsnextmove.15...b5xb416a8xb8...ThelastmovebyClobberAwasamistake.Winningmoveswouldhavebeene.g.16d3xd2or16e2xf2.NowMILAsawherwaytowinanddidnotmissitanymore.16...g1xf117e1xf1b4xa418b8xb7d6xd719f3xf2g2xf220d3xd2f5xf621a6xb6f2xf122e7xd7e5xe423h5xh4a4xa30:1Forothergamerecords,seeSection4.3.CLOBBERATTHECOMPUTEROLYMPIAD2006Participantsofthisyear'stournamenthaveagreeduponthenextyear'stournamentconditions.Twoofthemostprominentchangesarethattheboardsizewillbeincreasedto1010andthegameswillbeplayedautomaticallyusingaspeciallydenedIP-basedprotocol.Thetournamentrules,protocolspecicationsandreferenceimplementationscanbefoundonwebpage(Willemson,2005b).Theauthorsofthepaperwelcomeeverybodytojoin.Afterall,Clobberisjustasimplegame! 4ICGAJournalSubmittedWillemson,J.(2005b),Rulesandprotocolfor2006Clobbertournament.http://math.ut.ee/˜jan/game/clobber2006.html.Winands,M.(2003).MIAIVWinsLinesofActionTournament.ICGAJournal,Vol.26,No.4,pp.264–265.Winands,M.(2004).MIA4++WinsLinesofActionTournament.ICGAJournal,Vol.27,No.3,pp.174–175.