Star

STAR (*) is an infinitesimal in Combinatorial Game Theory. It is defined as

`` ast = { 0 | 0 } ``

Each player has a move to 0. The first player gets the last play.

In Go a Japanese dame is worth * by territory scoring. In chilled Go the simplest gote with a miai value of 1 is considered a *. E. g.,

* in chilled go  

See also

• go infinitesimals
• corridor infinitesimals
• playing infinitesimals