Life In 19x19

are there any plans to make an english version?

so instead of stones sharing liberties they remove them, a ponuki for example a stone cant be placed in the center.
but if you have a stone in the center already then the forth ponuki move captures it.
i tend to agree play would tend to be avoiding making second to last moves, but you can only do ...

upon reflection, there should be some kind of maximum contiguous area you can control, maybe 25? what do you think?

it thought this might make for an interesting game,
both players are white stone, placing one at a time. once an area is surrounded, any stones in that area that aren't surrounding an intersection or more are removed and counted as points, you also get the area itself as well, maybe put a paper with ...

yes, can you link one?

i'm looking for a picture of the tao symbol on a go board. anyone know?

where will the pairings be posted?

as said in the website, whether there's a non collude repetition is and open question.

it would be very hard for such.

Yes, exactly. But you cannot take a ko if your opponent just took any ko.

this sounds like a really good super ko rule.
i think seki would be significantly more difficult under these rules

in your example of the smallest living shapes, i agree the bottom left, bottom middle, and bottom right are alive.
but according to the incursion rule, the top left, top middle, and top right groups should be captured.
as you have it now, its a slightly modified one eye go.

I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the rules. It seems the go ko would be the same for this game.

An incursion is a placement by one player in a territory owned by the other player. An incursion is minimal if it causes exactly one enemy group to be moved to the prison.

so yeah, capturing ...

i'm not sure its a good idea to get into the habit of eating go stones

2nd tournament beginning march 4th

are they airing the matches online?

i'll be hosting a tournament in second life beginning January 27.
that's when i'll be posting the first round pairings.
you'll have 3 days to schedule a match with your opponent.
i intend to have 5 rounds in this fashion.
there's a prize of 1000 linden to be split between participants.
you can ...