HermanHiddema/Compromise Rules
A rule set that tries to be a true compromise between Chinese and Japanese style rules.
THis is mostly a slight modification of the AGA rules. The AGA seem to be a compromise between Chinese and Japanese, but are actually just Chinese rules with an extra rule to allow Japanese style counting.
Changes:
- Use pass stones, but do not require white to pass last
- Komi is 7, but the last player to pass wins in case of jigo.
- No points in seki
How is this a compromise?
The resulting score will always be: At least that of the Japanese rules and at most that of the Chinese rules.
Example:
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/2/ee7f6e85bac97155d4af22b6bf330004.png)
Case 1
- Under Japanese rules, neither player has any points here, as it is seki.
- Under Chinese rules, white gets 4 extra points, two for his eyes, and two for his false eyes (one-sided dame).
- Under these rules, white gets 2 extra points, none for the eyes, but 2 for the false eyes (one-sided dame are points with pass stones)
![[Diagram]](../../diagrams/23/04ac2b0c960de7b27e8a401a80a0bd51.png)
Case 2
- Under Japanese rules, neither player gets any points.
- Under Chinese rules, both players get 2 point, so net zero
- Under these rules, black gets 2 points, white gets none.
So this violates the compromise condition