Life In 19x19

I agree on rules study - I am focusing almost entirely on strategy and tactics, but I think it's important to an extent to get the concepts of the scoring method being used. Maybe I'm wrong though, I'm far from an expert at the game.


I'm not sure what you really mean here in terms of how much ...

Still though, it doesn't seem like deciding life and death is that difficult, though I understand that it's probably much more difficult in pro (and even high amateur) games and that there needs to be a standardized way to decide these things for tournament purposes - right?


It is usually not ...

Japanese scoring it makes me think more when doing "safety moves" in my own territory.

Territory scoring and area scoring are very similar there: Under area scoring, you first want to play the endgame before making superfluous safety moves. The difference occurs after the endgame and if the score ...

I kind of like the fact that in Japanese scoring it makes me think more when doing "safety moves" in my own territory. While I think these could also make me and other beginners be too hesitant to place stones in their own territory, I think that this might help break a habit of over-focusing on ...

So I should probably start using Chinese scoring in concordance with the AGA rules?
AGA rules allow you to use either methods of counting -- with identical scores

But I doubt you'll find many people who will play with you using AGA rules except in an AGA tournament

If you're playing online ...

Thanks for the response!

So I should probably start using Chinese scoring in concordance with the AGA rules?

Hi everybody,

So I'm pretty new to Go (most computer Go games rank me at anywhere from 18 to 15 kyu, for whatever that's worth) but I really enjoy playing and have been getting more and more interested in it. In truth, I've actually been half-playing it for a few years (after reading the super ...