Amazons + Go: the first game

J8-H7, H6
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J11-J9, C9
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G8-E6, C8
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J6-G4, J6
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Extraordinarily cool. :slight_smile:

E6-F7, J4
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Vsotvep’s tool is cool. The rest is experimentation :slight_smile:

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I’ve just realised, it makes an immense difference if we count points or if we play until a player runs out of moves. If we count points, then a territory counts as territory even if it doesn’t have an Amazon inside.

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Playing until a player runs out of moves definitely seems like the sensible choice to me!

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G4-F3, H5
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Yes. I’m just worried that the endgame might be a bit weird, if an Amazon ends up in the opponent’s territory. You can keep playing moves even if the stones you add are doomed. That is, an invasion could be “successful” even it the invading stones die.

C2-D1, B3
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Yes, this just means that we need to let go of our preconceptions about what constitutes a “successful” invasion :smiley:

(note also that a chain can’t die as long as it has an amazon next to it, so it’s quite possible to keep an eyeless chain alive inside the opponents “territory”)

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D2-E2, E1
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I think it’s the former - but maybe the endgame has some huge surprise in store that I don’t see coming yet.

H7-H9, H10
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E2-E8, E9
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C5-E5, C5
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For future games, an interesting thing we could try is with Amazons counting as go stones of the same colour as the stones of that player. If an Amazon touches a chain of stones of the same colour/player, then it is connected to that chain. Amazons can remove liberties, and they can even be captured.

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F3-F2, F4
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D1-G4, G3
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