Im very new to this game. My grandfather and I have been playing for about a month now and there is something we aren't sure about.
If white has a territory and black creates a territory inside of White's territory does Black's territory remain prisoners or does he get those territory points. (Assuming that both players pass and it is the end of the game.)
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Territory inside territory question.
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Hi Joe621, Welcome. 
Good question.
Assume territory scoring and 0.0 komi for the following diagrams.
Black has 6 points, White has 2 points.
( Important: both B and W are alive on Board 1. )
However, if Black is dead: Then White has ( 2 + 28 ) = 30 points; Black has 0 points.
( Each dead
stone on the board counts as 2 points for White. )
Important: the Life-and-Death status of every group on the board, at the end of the game.
Board 3: White has 2 points, Black also has 2 points.
If you come across other shapes and boards with questions, please feel free to post them here. People will try to answer.
Good question.Assume territory scoring and 0.0 komi for the following diagrams.
Black has 6 points, White has 2 points.
( Important: both B and W are alive on Board 1. )
However, if Black is dead: Then White has ( 2 + 28 ) = 30 points; Black has 0 points.
( Each dead
stone on the board counts as 2 points for White. )Important: the Life-and-Death status of every group on the board, at the end of the game.
Board 3: White has 2 points, Black also has 2 points.
If you come across other shapes and boards with questions, please feel free to post them here. People will try to answer.
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Ah, so if black is capable of forming two eyes then even with white surrounding Black's territory Black still gets points for that territory?EdLee wrote:Hi Joe621, Welcome.
Assume territory scoring and 0.0 komi for the following diagrams.
Black has 6 points, White has 2 points.
( Important: both B and W are alive on Board 1. )
However, if Black is dead: Then White has ( 2 + 28 ) = 30 points; Black has 0 points.
( Each dead
Important: the Life-and-Death status of every group on the board, at the end of the game.
If you come across other shapes and boards with questions, please feel free to post them here. People will try to answer.
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Hi Joe621,
However, if a Black group doesn't have 2 real eyes, then it depends. There are different scenarios; we need to see the exact board.
If a Black group has 2 real eyes, then this group is unconditionally alive -- it doesn't matter where it is located on the board -- Black keeps her points for this group, yes.if black is capable of forming two eyes then even with white surrounding Black's territory Black still gets points for that territory?
However, if a Black group doesn't have 2 real eyes, then it depends. There are different scenarios; we need to see the exact board.
Re: Territory inside territory question.
Thank you. That helped me a lot. I was reading elsewhere and people were literally arguing back and fourth about it. I'm glad I found these forums
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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Rather than say "If Black is capable of forming two eyes" I would say "If White is not able to kill Black". A lot of people get hung up early on with the two eyes thing and forget that the rules of the game don't actually refer to eyes at all. It is possible to be unkillable without having two eyes.Joe621 wrote: Ah, so if black is capable of forming two eyes then even with white surrounding Black's territory Black still gets points for that territory?
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Re: Territory inside territory question.
Okay so if that was the end of the game how would you count the score, who gets what?
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Okay probably a stupid question but what if the second example you showed looks like this ^EdLee wrote:Hi Joe621, Welcome.
Assume territory scoring and 0.0 komi for the following diagrams.
Black has 6 points, White has 2 points.
( Important: both B and W are alive on Board 1. )
However, if Black is dead: Then White has ( 2 + 28 ) = 30 points; Black has 0 points.
( Each dead
Important: the Life-and-Death status of every group on the board, at the end of the game.
Board 3: White has 2 points, Black also has 2 points.
If you come across other shapes and boards with questions, please feel free to post them here. People will try to answer.
Would the black still be dead? W:36 B:0?
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Territory scoring is all I know, so territory.EdLee wrote:Hi Joe,
Then it depends on which scoring system you're using, area scoring v. territory scoring. ( re: assumption in post 2
There are nuances; Sensei's Library probably has some nice discussions.
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Since you and your grandfather are bootstrapping yourselves, I suggest that you play so that you can keep playing the game out and capture dead stones without penalty. Just play until all dead stones are captured. Area scoring lets you do that, and it is not difficult to learn.Joe621 wrote:Territory scoring is all I know, so territory.EdLee wrote:Hi Joe,
Then it depends on which scoring system you're using, area scoring v. territory scoring. ( re: assumption in post 2
There are nuances; Sensei's Library probably has some nice discussions.
Another go game that in effect uses territory scoring is the Capture Game. You keep playing until somebody captures one stone (at least), and that player wins. That is like territory scoring because you can reach a point where each player has only surrounded points left without having captured a stone, and the players may have to start filling their own territory, so that whoever has more territory wins.
Once you are used to the Capture Game, you can move on to Capture 2 (where the winner has to capture at least 2 stones) and then Capture 4. Capture 4 starts to look like regular go.
For instance, in Capture 4 on this board the Black stones are dead. If White plays first the play might go like this.
Both players start off playing outside the Black eye.
captures 2 stones. Play continues.
captures one more stone, for a total of 3 stones.But then
captures 18 Black stones, to win.You could keep going, and play Capture 7, and so on, but Capture 4 gives you a basic idea of which stones are dead or not. It's still different from regular go, though.
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Thanks Bill,
I have to look more into the capture game. The rule book that came with my go set did not explain that, it was very vague.
I have to look more into the capture game. The rule book that came with my go set did not explain that, it was very vague.
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