I tried whether it is possible to play to loose in Go;
and in order to shorten the experiment we used the smallest board possible.
Game Finished (online-go.com)
What puzzled me is that it should have stopped me from placing a stone when white just took out my last one - but I could play right away again on that very same spot.
Shouldnโt the KO-rule prohibit this game turning into an endless game?
If you want to know what I am talking about replay the game and go to move 5, then 6 taking me, but in move 7 I can replay B2 right again.
๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐ค๐๐ช๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐๐ฑ๐ข, ๐ด๐ข ๐ ๐๐ซโ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฑ.
Youโre playing with Japanese rules, which only has the ko rule that a board position may not repeat the one from two moves ago. So, youโre not allowed to recapture a ko. But, longer cycles are allowed, such as triple koโs (usually this will end the game in a โno resultโ by some arbiter).
Prohibiting repetition of any previous board state is called โsuperkoโ, which comes in several flavours. The Chinese ruleset uses superko, so if you were to play your game under Chinese rules, then I expect it to be ending.
thanks, this is really interesting and sheds a light on the different rules.
Canโt access the game