Go Back

Go Back is an exercise/experiment in identifying losing moves and perfect play. It works like this:

• A normal game is begun.
• When a bad previous move is identified, the game is reverted to before it and played differently.
• The meta-game only ends with apathy (or the determination of komi - not).

Before we start a game here, a few things need to be decided:

• ruleset
• who's playing
• how to decide moves
• when to comment on moves

These are my suggestions (respectively):

• Use NZ rules with a two-pass ending and the second-to-last passing player begins resumed play (not with a pass) after a dead stones dispute.
• To speed things up, anyone may play. Don't hesitate just because no one may have made a move for a while.
• Just do it, or collaborate if you wish. There is no need for separate pages for black and white.
• If nothing else, justify an undo.

Please resolve disputes; no edit/undo wars. And keep previous variations for the record.

Discuss here.

Game 1

Game 2