Creating Irregular Gobans With Wiki

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The following was taken from the sandbox:

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strange boards don't work :(

The creator tried to use the following:

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However, it is possible to create unusually shaped gobans with the interface here, and the trick is putting in dashes for blank space, as well as lots of trial and error. For example:

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Strange boards do work, they just require lots of fiddling.

 Was formed by this:
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  ---  . , . , .  ---
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 - -  -----------  - -

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Possibilities abound.

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A sample game I played with a friend (neither of us are very good.)

Result: White wins with 37 points of territory and 2 captured stones, while black has 40 points of territory and no captured stones, assuming the corect komi is at least 1.5 points for white.

-- David


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Testing a tenjen-less board.

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--Sibahi


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