Life In 19x19

The glossy stones reflect light, thats my problem. Its a distraction when playing seeing the lights on my ceiling reflecting off of the stones

You don't know of anybody that sells plastic matte stones? You would think all plastic stones would be matte because aren't real Yunzi stones matte?


I am asking because I'm making my own board and need stones for it. The set I have now are a matte finish but as other have mentioned before I ...

Please somebody tell me where you can buy them. The stones I ordered from YMI have a very shiny glossy finish. I prefer a matte finish.

EdLee wrote:Nolan Bushnell was a Go fan; thus the company name.

Well that explains it!

Ahh so that how you're so quick to reply using diagrams xD

Thanks.

I want to thank you guys. All of you who posted here especially Bill and EdLee, for your dedication to helping me and such fast response timing. To think that a month ago the only liberty I knew of was the statue of liberty, the ...

Okay one more and I swear I'm done.

I got 42 for black and 14 for white. Black wins by 28.0 points. Is that what you guys came up with? I know the game is not finished I played it out to the end afterwards but lets just say it was. Would that be the correct score, 42-14?

Since there are no prisoners, it seems that White has passed 19 times during the game (if there was no handicap) !

That leads to extremely special results, with a huge difference between the chinese and japanese rules.

Japanese/korean rules with a 6.5 komi :
Black's territory = 18
Black's ...

How would you guys calculate this score? Black wins by 15? This is just an example I came up with to help me learn so bare with me.

Okay thanks I've actually been letting the computer play each other all day and I count the board at the end of the match without looking at the results and im right every time so thats good. I was just confused about that diagram you posted but that answers my question thanks. I also have been ...

Hey Bill. I came across an old post of yours from a while back.

A few questions. First, is this game finished? Doesnt look like it to me.

Does the black group at the top center live even though white is surrounding it or does the white group surrounding it become prisoners because of the bigger ...

Thank you.

I don't know how the program arrived at +48 exactly, but Black can make a whole lot of trouble in the lower right if he plays first. Like I said before, especially as a beginner, you should play it all out and see what happens. This situation is probably too unsettled for a computer to make a good ...

Somebody please explain this bulllshit. Its pissing me off.

I know that its unfinished but assuming that both players were stupid, made two passes, and didn't see that option to make a play at (b). In that case the boundary would be where I highlighted in pink. Correct?

Or assuming black plays at (b).

Hi Joe,

I see your question.

But, first: are you having trouble with territory scoring on this board ?
( Other than the unfinished ko. )
Bill already clearly marked every territory point in his post 43.

Repeat: are you able to do territory scoring on this board ?
If not, where are you having ...