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Ing Ko Rule
Path: SecondCourseOnKo   · Prev: CyclicPositionsTaxonomy   · Next: DisturbingKos
    Keywords: Ko, Rules

A very complicated rule is the Ing ko rule. No. This is one of the worst understatements ever. The rule is as complex as the game. Actually "the rule" means "rules" (plural)! There is a saying that one person in the world, sic, understands these rules but if you say so, then his reply will be: "Who? I, for sure, don't know him!"

Since the person above was probably Ing himself, many feared, that now none remain. But fear not! There is at least one person in Europe, who claims to understand the SST rules. The tradition lives on. :-)

If you believe that Ing ko behaves like superko in practice, then this is good enough for you in 9,999 of 10,000 games. In the one game a referee will then speak about terms like disturbing kos and fighting kos. However, if you really want to beat him (the referee, not the opponent), then you must spend a few hundred hours reading texts like



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