There
are some unwritten rules on how to behave when you play GO. First,
before the game start you should bow and say "Onegaishimasu"
in order to show your respect to your opponent. And during the game
you may not make any disturbances that may break the concentration
of your opponent. Don't forget to say thank for the game when you're
done, winning or losing, to show sportsmanship.
Except
behaving during the play, there are some important rules about the
game you need to know and obey:
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The
players one after another place a stone on any chosen point of the
board.
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Any
one or more stones, surrounded on all sides by those of an opponent,
are taken at once. If they are not tightly surrounded, but could
be certainly, then they are not taken until the end of the game.
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A
stone that has taken one and only one stone cannot be re-taken earlier
than the second play following. It is called Ko.
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The
game is over when the completed chains of White and Black stones
are in contact, with no intermediary space.
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That
player is the winner whose chains enclose the greater number of
free points (Ji). At the count, captured
stones are placed in the opponent's field.
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When
opposing chains each having one or no eyes (Me)
are so intertwined that neither player can capture his opponent's
stones by playing first, neither player is required to make a play
which will change the situation, both chains are deemed to be alive,
and the unoccupied points between the two points are not counted.
This is called Seki.
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The
formation known as "bent-four"
in the corner is unconditionally dead.
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The
stronger player may be handicapped
by allowing the weaker player to place one or more stones on his
first play. A handicap of one stone is nothing more than the right
to play first on any point.
The
rule is the player with black stones moves first. To determine who
will use the black stones is by guessing the amount of white stones
picked by the other player. The guess is only "odd" or "even"
by picking up 1 black stone for odd or 2 black stones for even. If
your guess is right you may use the black stones and move first, or
vice versa. But it doesn't have to be always like that, usually in
informal match the player with higher skill will use the white stones.
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