First player scores for MxN Go

Here's a table with first player scores for Go on MxN size boards:


m\n		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	0	0	3	4	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	2
2	0	0	0	8	10	12	14	16	18	4	6
3	3	0	9	4	15	18	21	24	5	>=6
4	4	8	4	2	20	8	28
5	0	10	15	20	25	4
6	1	12	18	8	4
7	2	14	21	28
8	3	16	24
9	0	18	5
10	1	4	>=6
11	2	6
12	2


Most non-square board solutions were calculated in 2008 and first half of 2009 by Erik van der Werf using an improved version of the Go program Migos. Solutions were analyzed and compared to earlier human results by Ted Drange. In all cases Migos' solutions were confirmed and several human errors were identified.

More details are published in: Solving Go for Rectangular Boards. E.C.D. van der Werf, M.H.M. Winands (2009). ICGA Journal. Vol.32, No. 2, pp. 77-88.