On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 00:00 +0200, Basti Weidemyr wrote: > > If dame was filled, I see no reason why this would not be possible to > implement as a cleanup phase on go-servers, like the one used for new > zealand and chinese rules. Do you? It would be the human-adaption of > the play-it-out-then-restore-and-count-again, that David mentioned.
What you have described are essentially the AGA rules, which David also mentioned. The thing is they are just the Chinese rules in disguise -- dame then becomes worth 1 point, as opposed to Japanese rules. AGA has the peculiar rule about pass stones, and that White must pass last. If you don't have the peculiar rules and try to keep the Japanese idea of dame being worth 0 points, then you get into trouble like pass fights and one-sided dame that should only be played in a dispute phase. I'm not aware of a single source that describes all these issues, but you can Google around for "pass fight" and "Ikeda rules". Sorry to brush you off on further details, but I'm not an authoritive source, though I have gleaned enough over the years to know that Japanese rules are trouble :) -Jeff _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
