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Taking Away The Stones
   

When clearing away the stones and putting them back to the bowls, it is a good habit to only clean up stones of your own colour. You can slide the opponent's stones aside on the board.

I read somewhere that this habit is followed to avoid the hands of both players colliding when they simultaneously put away stones to the same bowl. I have never bothered in my (Western) amateur tournament or club games, and I know of nobody who ever felt offended in this way. And I don't know how strictly this one is followed in the Orient.

--Stefan



Another explanation that I have heared for this rule, is that by taking your opponent's stones off the board, you appear to be capturing them. But I agree that it is not a rule that I normally think about.

-- AndreEngels



Still, this habit (I don't know if this is a "rule") is very strictly followed by "Oriental" players: none of the many I've played in my life has ever put away "my" stones...

--AvatarDJFlux



In our Weiqi Association, we don't care about this!!! :-)

--unkx80



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