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- From: osman@hannah.enet.dec.com ("Eric, dtn 235-8439, DSG1-2/D8 22-Jan-1993 1130")
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- Subject: FWD: GO RULES FOR BEGINNERS (rec.games.go)
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 08:30:36 PST
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- I think it's great that <GDH3@psuvm.psu.edu> has compiled complete rules.
- However, I have some corrections and suggestions. First, here's the ones
- s/he posted:
-
- Complete Rules of the Game of GO
-
- 1. Stones are played alternately on any free intersection.
-
- 2. Stones never change position, but they can be captured.
-
- 3. Stones of one color that are connected live or die as a
- group. A connection is only horizontal or vertical to the
- adjoining intersection. ("die" equals "captured") A group
- may consist of just one stone.
-
- 4. A group is dead when none of its stones adjoins an empty
- intersection. (again horizontally or vertically only) The
- captive stones are held for use in the scoring at the end.
-
- 5. A stone may not be played where a prior configuration of
- the whole board would be reproduced.
-
- 6. A stone may not be played where it, or the group of
- which it would be part, would be dead according to rule 4.,
- except if an enemy group is killed by such placement.
-
- 7. The object of the game is to form unkillable groups that
- occupy more of the board than your opponent's groups.
-
- 8. A player may pass. (i.e., not place a stone) The game
- ends when both players pass consecutively, and are in
- agreement as to the status of all the groups on the board.
-
- 9. Scoring: Each player receives one point for each empty
- intersection that is completely surrounded by his color.
- (i.e., there is no path from the intersection to any enemy
- stone, without crossing a friendly stone.) There is an
- additional point for each captive stone, both those removed
- earlier, and those "dead on the board". "Dead on the
- board" means that, at the end of the game, the group is not
- an unkillable group, and is within an enemy unkillable
- group.
-
-
-
-
-
- And now for my comments:
-
- 5) It needs to be made clear that "board reproduction" includes same
- player on the move. It *is* legal to reproduce a previous board
- position if it's the *other* person's turn. (Can someone give us
- a pretty simple example of where this is important?)
-
- 7) Wrong object! The object isn't to to occupy more of the board with your
- groups than your opponent's groups ! The object is to get more points.
- Remember, points are prisoner's plus *empty* space that you own because
- your opponent can't make an unkillable group there.
-
- For example, imagine a hypothetical game where lots of the board is
- filled with live black *stones* but white has more territory and less
- stones. White wins, even though black has occupied more of the board
- with his groups.
-
- Thanks.
-
- /Eric
-