Life In 19x19

Four chess squares plus four-and-a-half shogi rectangles by eight chess squares on the chess side by nine shogi rectangles on the shogi side. The length of the sides of each chess square is 1.25 the width of the shogi rectangles. The half shogi rectangles meet the chess squares and have the same ...

This is epic work!

Year 1: 30 each China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and top placed two in American Masters and top three each in European Okan and European Open (any extra places from duplicates go to the top placed woman from the Open, then Okan, then Masters, and any extra places from duplicates in those would be given ...

I tried to smooth out a few of the rough edges of this idea, hoping to combine both practicality and tradition, to make now a slightly more thought out sketch, or perhaps at this point draft, of the ruleset, with no passes and a forget-me-not-situational-super-ko :).

1 Each placer selects a lens ...

If I'm understanding correctly, wouldn't a player that's losing just force the game to coontinue until one player ends up having to fill an important eye and lose their group?

Allowing sacrifice makes for complications, which Elom has not accounted for in this sketch of the rules. However, it is ...

$$Wc
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ | . O O O O . . .
$$ | . . X X . O . .
$$ | X . . , X O . .
$$ | . . . X . O . .
$$ | . X . O O . . .
$$ | . . . . . . . .
$$ +-----------------

Thoughts and attempt:
I also have difficulties with those "open border ...

Two moves have been suggested.

$$W
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . X . X . X . . |
$$ , . X . . . , . X . |
$$ . . X O O O O O O X |
$$ . . X O 1 X . O X . |
$$ . . X O X . X X . X |
$$ ---------------------

$$W ...

Continuing from before . . .
$$Wc
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . X . X . X . . |
$$ , . X . . . , . X . |
$$ . . X O O O O O O X |
$$ . . X O . X 7 O X 1 |
$$ . . X O X 5 6 4 3 2 |
$$ ---------------------

$$Wc ...

I thought for a moment they intended to play out the final stages over the next tournament like in some of Nihon's titles

My thinking so far--thank you for the diagram jlt!

My First written foray will focus on the many captures black can make . . .

$$Wc
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ . . . X . X . X . . |
$$ , . X . . . , . X . |
$$ . . X O O O O O O X |
$$ . . X O . X ...

Win-and-continue between EGF pros plays Female pros from the Kansai Kiin and the Taiwan Qiyuan seems like a sensible plan perhaps at this time, if possible it would probably be a smart thing to do maybe so, I don't know if anyone in the EGF thinks so too but perhaps.

current Strength ladder three main divisions? of (relatively stable) groups

Zhōngguó Qíyuàn pros
Hanguk Kiwon pros
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Nihon Kiin pros
Female Hanguk Kiwon pros
Táiwān Qíyuàn Wénhuà Jījīnhuì pros
Female Zhōngguó Qíyuàn pros
Kansai Kiin pros
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Female Táiwān Qíyuàn Wénhuà Jījīnhuì pros
Female Kansaii ...

I'm still a bit behind on the First one, although I do get the feeling that capturing-stones-captured stones puzzles :).

It's interesting that this particular tsumego from china was a tsuhibo . Given that hints are often given Chinese names I wonder if assisted puzzles were more common in China ...

If I'm understanding correctly, wouldn't a player that's losing just force the game to coontinue until one player ends up having to fill an important eye and lose their group? This could go on indefinitely since the board would keep getting reset, and there would therefore be no such thing as too ...

Would this work as a ruleset?

With more precision, sure. :)

If so, would it be a beginner-friendly ruleset that looks like territory scoring--like AGA--but in this case actually count in territory?

The no pass version of the Capture Game is a beginner friendly rule set that can be understood ...