Sunjang Baduk Tournament at OGS

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Sunjang Baduk was a variant commonly played in Korea about the XVI Century. Its most distinctive feature is the setting up of an initial position that leads directly to a middle-game battle.

On June 21st, 2011, [ext] a thread was posted on the OGS forums, expressing the intention to organize a tournament under the Sunjang rules. It soon received positive response from some interested players and the organization took off.

For the 2012 Season go to [ext] this thread.


Index of sub-pages

Table of contents Table of diagrams
First move, hoshi
Conditional moves, 1 to 10
Conditional moves, 11 to 16

Rules

In order to have everything running smoothly, there are a few guidelines the participants are expected to follow.

  • Needless to say, but OGS [ext] rules and [ext] conditions are to be respected.
  • Players must start with the accorded initial moves. Failure to do so will be considered an immediate forfeiture of the game by the offending player (mercy rule could be applied with the intervention of a referee in a by-case fashion, but don't count on it!).
  • Cheating is not allowed.
  • Disqualification may occur in case of repeated offenses.
  • Timing-out is seriously discouraged. However, claiming victories by time will be left to the opponent's discretion.

In general, please just be nice, say Hello and good game when you begin, and thank your opponent when you finish.

In case of a dispute, a referee should be called out to give a ruling; but before we get to that, please remember that a great deal of quarrels are rooted on misunderstandings rather than ill intentions from any of the parties, so always try to work things out.

Instructions

In order to avoid further complications, the entrance to each of the groups will be regulated by invitation-only. To obtain an invitation, players need to post a response on the tournament thread expressing their intention to join. Alternatively they can send a private message to the organizers. Owing an OGS account is strictly necessary, and preferably they should be regular OGS players (to avoid the risk of timing-out all the games)

The only requisites are having one free minitournament slot and the commitment to play by the rules of Sunjang Baduk (regarding the initial setup of the stones). It is also strongly recommended learning how to use the Conditional Moves feature.

After that, follow these steps:

  • On the starting date you'll be sent an invitation for a minitournament under the label Sunjang Baduk Tournament Season ... (Group ...). Please join it.

  • Wherever you play Black, you must make your first move at Q16 (top right hoshi).
[Diagram]

First move, hoshi


  • Then, set up the Conditional Moves in a clockwise fashion as follows:
       W1 Q13 - B2 Q10 - W3 Q4  - B4 N4  - W5 K4  - B6 D4  -
       W7 D7  - B8 D10 - W9 D16 - B10 G16 - W11 K16 - B12 N16 -
       W13 Q7  - B14 G4  - W15 D13 - B16 K10
(Tengen is mandatory as Black's first "free move").
[Diagram]

Conditional moves, 1 to 10

[Diagram]

Conditional moves, 11 to 16


  • If you are playing White, your responses should go according to the diagrams above.

  • After that, the game continues just as normal.



Comments

Leira: this page is not intended as advertisement, but rather to help with the organization of this tournament as an annual event. If you can help polishing up these pages it will be much appreciated.


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