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A set of rules suitable for beginners is presented here. The rules are studied more fully in § Explanation of the basic rules below. Two statements of the same basic rules, differing only in wording, are given here. The first is a concise one due to James Davies.
Lasker's book Go and Go-moku (1934) helped spread the game throughout the U.S., [97] and in 1935, the American Go Association was formed. Two years later, in 1937, the German Go Association was founded. World War II put a stop to most Go activity, since it was a popular game in Japan, but after the war, Go continued to spread. [98]
A key concept in the tactics of Go, though not part of the rules, is the classification of groups of stones into alive, dead or unsettled. At the end of the game, groups that cannot avoid being captured during normal play are removed as captures. These stones are dead. Groups can reach this state much earlier during play; a group of stones can ...
Tibetan Go is played on a 17×17 board, and starts with six stones (called Bo) from each color placed on the third line. White makes the first move. [1] There is a unique ko rule: a stone may not be played at an intersection where the opponent has just removed a stone.
Life and death (死活) is a fundamental concept in the game of Go, where the status of a specific group of stones is determined as either being "alive", where they may remain on the board indefinitely, or "dead", where the group will be "captured" and removed from the board.
a – hoshi; b – tengen; c – go no go; d – san san; e – komoku; f – takamoku; g – ōtakamoku; h – mokuhazushi; i – ōmokuhazushi As the distance of a stone from the edge of the board has important tactical and strategic implications, it is normal to term the corner points of the board (1, 1) points, and count lines in from the edge.
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The American Go Association adopted a uniform standard deviation of 104, [10] i.e. slightly more than one rank, while the European Go Federation ratings have a sliding standard of deviation from 200 for beginners down to 70 for top players. [6] The IGS has a fixed standard deviation for all levels of play, but a non-standard distribution. [11]