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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason
House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
On 7/12/07, chrilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why is it not possible to establish uniform rules in Go?
I'm curious... How does the rule sets affect how people play the game
of go?
Kyu players, using full boards, aren't really affected. Kyu players
can't count a full board with perfect accuracy, so they just play out
the yose and then count to find what the result was.
Kyu players on 9x9 boards can be affected. I recently lost a 9x9 game
by half a point, playing a line that would have guaranteed a half-point
victory except that I was mistaken about the ruleset.
Strong players are certainly affected. At a London Open Go Tournament a
few years ago, a Chinese 5-dan was disappointed to lose by half a point
a game which she would have won using Chinese rules.
I personally find territory scoring more interesting. 90% of
my reason for that is because the game ends sooner... I don't have to
go filling dame (open spaces between chains of opposing colors).
The Japanese rules in fact require the players to fill the dame. Though
very few people take any notice ...
Nick
Another nice bonus to territory scoring is that avoiding point loss in
end game forces me to have confidence in the stability of a position as
the outer dame are filled. A little bit like gambling 30 points to
save one.
Besides that stuff, I really play the game the same way for either rule
set. It's only once I reach the bitter end of the endgame that I might
play differently. Mostly, I'd fill dame instead of passing. I'd also
be more ok with putting an extra stone to protect an internal group
weakness that I think probably won't be a problem.
--
Nick Wedd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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