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- From: jzy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jim Yu)
- Subject: Re: FWD: GO RULES FOR BEGINNERS (rec.games.go)
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:41:36 GMT
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- In article <9301221630.AB00981@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> osman@hannah.enet.dec.com ("Eric, dtn 235-8439, DSG1-2/D8 22-Jan-1993 1130") writes:
- >
- >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:
- >
- >7. The object of the game is to form unkillable groups that
- >occupy more of the board than your opponent's groups.
- >
- >And now for my comments:
- >
- >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
-
- Could this be a difference in the scoring rules? In my experience, if we
- use Chinese scoring rule, then the winner is the one who gets more points
- (intersections) *on the board*, regardless of prisoners. Eric's example
- can be possible if we use Japanese rule -- which makes me feel that this is
- a drawback of Japanese rule. :-)
-
- Imagine a general leading his troops going to a war. In the war, he
- sacrificed many of his soilders for some important positions on the battle
- field. At the end, despite losing more lives, he gained more land. Was he
- a loser or a winner? :-)
-
- Regards,
- Jim Yu
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- Go isn't everything. Go is the only thing. -- zhuge
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