Ing Rules
The Ing Rules are the rules as devised by Mr. Ing Chang-Ki and promoted by the Ing Foundation.
Some highlights:
- Area counting that requires 180 stones per player
- Multiple-stone suicide is allowed.
- Komi is 8 in even games.
- Black wins ties.
- Free handicap stone placement
- Bent four in the corner is not automatically dead.
- Additional timing rules (one variation includes losing points for going over the allotted basic time)
Refer to Ing's SST Laws of Wei-Chi, and
SST discussion. (SST stands for Stones + Spaces = Territory.) And
in Chinese.
See also
mgoetze: Article 9 stipulates: Before the game, the younger player should clean the board with a soft cloth to show respect for the cleanliness of the equipment. - be sure to keep this in mind if you ever enter a tournament under Ing rules, and call the referee on your opponent if he is younger and fails to clean the board.
(Sebastian:) Good that I seem to be much older than you, and I show no tendency of getting younger. :o)
iopq: http://www.goproblems.com/prob.php3?id=3976
check it out it's an Ing Rules problem :)