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 ...

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 ...