blubb: Re: Chinese Superko Rule (2006-07-19 17:26) [#1915]

Since this thread was somewhat hijacked (still giving interesting insights, though), I`d like to point out that Bill`s question concerning article 6 is not answered yet. I am curious about it, too. Would any chinese speaker mind to help?

MrTenuki: Re: Translation of Referee Ko Rules? (2006-07-18 20:25) [#1908]

Well, here's my attempt to do a line-by-line translation for the section you're talking about:

(Source: http://www.weiqi.cc/weiqi/news_detail.php?id=16)

第三章 裁判法则 [...]
Chapter III: Rules of Refereeing

第20条 禁止全局同形再现
Article 20: Repeating a previous full-board position is prohibited.

全局同形再现是妨碍终局的惟一技术性原因，原则上必须禁止。
The re-apperance of a whole-board position is the only technical reason for preventing a game from ending (literally, "for disturbing the termination of a game"). In principle, this must be prohibited.

1、禁止单劫立即回提。
1. Re-taking a "single ko" is prohibited.

[I assume that "single ko" means the following (copied from the "ko" page):]

2、禁止假生类多劫循环（如图三黑A位提劫为假生）。
2. False-life multiple-ko cycles are prohibited. For example, in Diagram 3, black taking the ko at A is "false life."

3、原则上禁止三劫循环、四劫循环、长生、双提两子等全局同形再现的罕见特例（如图四）。根据不同比赛，也可制定相应的补充规定，如：无胜负、和棋、加赛等。
3. In principle, rare cases that repeat the whole-board position, such as triple kos, quadruple kos, eternal life, and kos that involve "double capture of two stones" [literal translation-- I think they're also known as "round-robin kos"], are prohibited-- see diagram 4 for examples. Depending on the tournament, supplementary rulings may also be implemented, such as no result, jigo, or re-match.

P.S. I hope that this does not constitute a copyright violation...