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Rules FAQ

2009-12-17T21:41:49Z

Title: Rules FAQ
Author: Robert Jasiek <jas...@snafu.de>
Frequency: monthly
Last Update: 2009-02-12; First Day: 1999-04-12
Distribution: rec.games.go
Copyright: free non-commercial usage for promotion
0 CONTENTS
1 Purpose of this Paper
2 Information for Beginners
3 Important Concepts
4 Particular Rules

database of rated/pro games

2009-12-08T21:47:20Z

Hello.
Lately, I've tried Drago with a collection of over 40,000 pro games,
and it's nice to search for patterns in such a big collection of
games.
Does anyone else have a large collection of pro or rated games to
share (e.g. via bittorrent or rapidshare) or know of other collections
of games (preferably .sgf files) that can be downloaded somewhere?

Approaching a Definition of Ko

2009-12-07T22:55:29Z

It has turned out to be yet tougher than expected to find a useful
general definition of kos consisting of any number of intersections so
that not(!) all strings in all positions are ko strings. For the
moment, I don't bother you with the details of precise definitions yet
but outline my current approach. Kos consist of intersections - the ko

List of Go computer implementations?

2009-12-04T22:39:46Z

Is there a listing anywhere? Looking for something to play now and then.

Xbox 360 Repair Guide Review

2009-12-01T18:19:47Z

Xbox 360 Repair can be done youself and with ease, using the new Xbox
360 Repair
guide here
[link]
Go XBox Mad :)
enri patuly
Marketing
[link]

Arbitrary Decision Decides the European Open Go Champion 2009

2009-12-01T08:49:48Z

This is the top of the final results table:
[link]
1 Kim Eunkuk 7D KR 14+ 10+ 7+ 5- 25+ 11+ 3+ 6+ 2+ 4- 8 42 408 1
2 Hwang In-seong 7D KR 33+ 8+ 6+ 3- 14+ 4+ 5+ 15+ 1- 13+ 8 42 408 0
3 Kim Joon-Sang 7D KR 27+ 11+ 4+ 2+ 5- 9+ 1- 13+ 23+ 7+ 8 42 407
4 Oh Chi-Min 7D KR 24+ 23+ 3- 17+12+ 2- 26+11+ 10+ 1+ 8 42 403

[ANN] Advances in Go theory: announcing a new type of ko

2009-11-30T22:42:52Z

Ko being a thorny issue in Go rulesets, during my quest for the Holy
Grail in GoRulesLand I stumbled over a new type of ko, yet to be fully
explored: the Database Ko, a discovery which I wanted to share with
the expert community.
For details, see [link]
-alex-

More KGS Censorship

2009-11-28T01:30:50Z

International Organizational Distortions in the Game of Surrounding
aka _wei chi, baduk, go_
or "turff"
By Hal Womack 3-dan
[link]
[link]
The record below shows that the KGS censor wearing the mask of
"Nyanjilla" was itself repeatedly talking politics. Only when I spoke

visualizing go problems

2009-11-26T20:25:02Z

Two different ways to visualize problem 1298 from [link]
(Warning: These graphics are huge and they can be scaled in IE by
keeping the control
key pressed while turning the mousewheel.)
[link]
[link]

What the CAS Decision on Claudia Pechstein Means for Go

2009-11-26T12:52:23Z

CAS, the highest sports-internal international court, has judged ice
sprinterin Claudia Pechstein to be guilty of doping by means of
circumstancial evidence (too high values of retikulocytes, i.e. young
red blood particles said to be related to EPO, in her blood) only.
This is CAS's first such judgement. Since CAS has its seat in

Corrected Definitions of Active / Inactive Disturbing Life

2009-11-25T15:30:22Z

In version 6 of Types of Basic Ko, the definitions of Active /
Inactive Disturbing Life are now corrected by substituting
"two-eye-formation" for every occurrence of "uncapturable life". This
has become necessary to explain shapes like quintuple ko well. Now it
does not suffice any longer to connect the considered ko's stone to

Anti-Doping News

2009-11-23T17:29:40Z

During the EGF's last AGM and on the author's request, some critical
aspects of anti-doping rules to be valid in practice have been
clarified by Martin Stiassny with reference to Mr. Kato, who is one of
the responsible persons for anti-doping matters in the IGF, as
follows:
Players in the Registered Test Pool have to tell every 3 months to the

European Go Championship: Preliminary Votes

2009-11-23T16:39:37Z

During the EGF's AGM at the last congress, on Martin Stiassny's
request, these preliminary votes have been made:
1) The European Go Championship should be played at the European Go
Congress.
YES 21 - NO 0
2) The European Go Championship should NOT be affected by games with
"Non-European" players.
YES 16 NO 0

barcelona 2010 tournament

2009-11-22T23:32:28Z

Dates were know since long time ago, February 20-21. It is the last
Pandanet tournament before the finals in Paris.
Now all the information is gathered on [link],
and registration is open (with the neat tools provided by the EGD).
There is info on facebook and twitter.
A total of 2100 euro in cash prizes.

Korean insei league on KGS!

2009-11-22T20:23:32Z

If you would like to improve a lot in Go and even reach the pro level,
you may try this new league with An Younggil, 8p, Alexander
Dinerchtein, 3p and Ilya Shikshin, 7d as the main teachers.
We even have some cash prizes for League winners!
Here is the link with the registration form:
[link]