Life In 19x19

My opponent waited until I was inable to move then surgically tore my territory appart from deep inside my lines. I was physically incapable of defending my territory. My answer to this was to go find more stones because I felt it seemed unfair that I should lose because I have no pieces left to ...

Thank all of you for the assistance and as to my knowledge of the rules, I'd like to think I have a fair understanding of the game.

My opponent waited until I was inable to move then surgically tore my territory appart from deep inside my lines. I was physically incapable of defending my territory. My answer to this was to go find more stones because I felt it seemed unfair that I should lose because I have no pieces left to play.

Unfortunately, none of the people I play with seem to grasp the true concept of the game and focus all effort on combat, not territory. Many stones were captured and that helped lead to me running out of them.

The object of the game is to win, don't forget that. (Well, and the social object, to ...

Unfortunately, none of the people I play with seem to grasp the true concept of the game and focus all effort on combat, not territory. Many stones were captured and that helped lead to me running out of them.

I have a freind who I recently introduced to go however I don't think his strategy is allowed or at least socially acceptable. I started the game normally by spreading out across the board and his entire strategy was to surrender control of the board to me and wait until I ran out of pieces and ...