Life In 19x19

Ah, prisoner exchange, very clever, I hadn't thought of that (that's how inexperienced I am). I guess if running out of stones is not something that can happen in real-world play, nor is it a scenario considered by any specific rules, then I won't have to implement it in software.

In a real game of Go, players have 381 stones in total. It is therefore conceivable, in theory, that at a certain point one player might no longer be able to play because he has run out of stones. What would happen in such a situation?

The comments on the Tromp-Taylor Rules state this:

Each ...

Grüezi Patrick, or would that be bonjour for you? You’ll like it here


Grüezi is fine, although Bonjour would still be within the limits of my French

And since I also use iOS I’d be interested in your app!


Well, since you asked... The app is called Little Go - there probably are better ...

Thanks @skydyr for the link to the commentary document - had I seen this before I probably would not have started this thread. Although Bill's clarifications are still needed to make everything crystal-clear.

Thank you @Bill for your explanations. The second example in your first reply to xed_over ...

After studying the AGA rules ( external link to PDF ) I have a few questions which all revolve around rule 10:

10) Disputes: If the players disagree about the status of a group of stones left on the board after both have passed, play is resumed [...] The game is over when the players agree on the ...

Hi everybody. My name's Patrick, but I also leave tracks here and there under the Internet handle herzbube.

I have been fascinated by Go since I was introduced to it 25 years ago, but I am actually a pretty bad player (probably 20-15k). What I am better at (hopefully) is programming, so what I have ...