Japanese Rules
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Under Japanese rules:
- Scoring is by surrounded territory plus dead or captured stones, called territory scoring (also see Japanese Counting).
- There are no points in a seki.
- Suicide is disallowed.
- Rare repetitive situations like triple ko can cause a game to be voided.
- Resolving disputes about life and death or protective plays depends upon hypothetical play with special ko rules.
Official Rulesets:
- Current official rules for professional play in Japan:
Nihon Ki-in 1989 rules
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WAGC 1979 Rules
Japanese Style Rulesets:
- Interpretation: Japanese 2003 Rules (Robert Jasiek, 2004)
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New Amateur-Japanese Rules (Robert Jasiek, 2004)
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Applicable Traditional Japanese Rules (Robert Jasiek, 2008)
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Simplified Japanese Rules (Robert Jasiek, 2008)
- LJRG - Logical Japanese Rules of Go (Robert Pauli, 2002-2004)
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Ikeda Territory Rules II (Ikeda Toshio, 1968-9, 1991)
- Lasker-Maas rules (Edward Lasker, 1968?, Robert Maas, 1995)
- Spight Japanese style rules
Commentaries:
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Jasiek's Commentary on the Japanese 1989 Rules
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Commentary on the New Amateur-Japanese Rules
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On the rules of Go (Ikeda Toshio, 1968-9, 1991)
See also Chinese rules, Ing rules, Button Go.