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Nigiri
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Keywords: Rules, Go term
Nigiri, from the Japanese, lit. "grab", "grasp", "squeeze", referring to the procedure common in Japan at the beginning of an even game to decide who will play the black stones; the equivalent of flipping a coin to determine who kicks off a game of football. The steps are:
At the beginning of a series of games, such as a seven-game championship series, or even just a series of games between friends in a club, nigiri will be used to determine who plays black in the first game; in succeeding games, the colors will alternate. After reaching a 3-3 tie in a championship series the players will re-nigiri to determine who takes what color in the last game. In Korea and Japan, is there a similar procedure for private games? According to John F, in at least some pro tournaments in China, colours will likely be decided by a public drawing of lots, since professional go is more of a spectator sport there. The senior player (stronger or older) player is normally the one who performs the nigiri; if neither player has obvious seniority, such as in a friendly club game, then the player sitting nearer the white stones does so. Note that in Ing rules, the player who won the nigiri doesn't take black but chooses his color; due to the 8-point komi, most players choose white. Here's the relevant Ing rule:
Nigiri can also be used to choose things other than playing colour. For example in some tournaments it is used as a two-person tie-breaker. This scheme is easily extended to include a three-way tie-break:
The word nigiri is also found in the compound nigiri zushi, the kind of An alternative, albeit completely non-standard, way to determine who begins is the Pie Rule. Nigiri StoriesSAS: In Fernando Aguilar's account of his game against Hasegawa Sunao, he says: "Hasegawa looked at the players' presentation card and noticed that my date of birth was some months before his, so he passed the white stones to me to do nigiri." (This is just a rough translation - my Spanish is not very good, to say the least.) This shows how it is the older player who takes the handful of white stones. In Hikaru No Go manga episode 14, the Go Go Igo mini-lesson at the end by Umezawa Yukari, she states that "The older person does nigiri" and has the older girl grab the white stones while the younger boy places one black stone saying "Odd first," or two black stones saying "Even first." If he is correct, he plays black. Arden Chan The difficulty of Nigiri online is usually solved by opting for Roshambo Nigiri. Here both contestants count to 3 before throwing. Players throwing the same hand e.g. both players throw scissors are sometimes deemed to have achieved jigo. For players that want to improve their Nigiri skills :)
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