Hello everyone, this is an interesting Go variant I invented partially inspired by a Hikaru no Go scene and Arimaa.
In Push Go, players have the the opportunity to move a stone on the board orthogonally instead of placing a stone. A stone that is moved in a direction in which there is a stone adjacent to it is moved as well or "pushed".
An example below
$$ ----------------
$$ | . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ ----------------
$$ | . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . |[/go]
$$ ----------------
$$ | . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . |
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[go]$$ ----------------
$$ | . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O X . |
$$ | . . . . . . |[/go]
You may not push a stone that is supported aka ( has two or more stones behind it. )
$$ ------------------
$$ | . . . 3 . . .|
$$ | . . 1 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 . . |
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[go]$$ ------------------
$$ | . . . 3 . . .|
$$ | . . 1 O O . . |
$$ | . . . . 2 . . |[/go]
Therefore Stone 1 is not able to push and however 3 is.
Other then that, a stone that is pushed cannot be pushed back due to Ko ( in this time you can support your stone with one behind it. ) and stones that are on the edge cannot be pushed.
The game is an interesting variant for me, especially in life and death, I hope you guys enjoy it.
