HermanHiddema/Compromise Rules

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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]

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]

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


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