Don Dailey wrote: > Ok, let's get into semantics. Is superko an illegal move? Is it > simply forbidden or is it part of the rules that you lose immediately if > you play it? In card games that is called an irregularity and there > are separate rules to deal with these. > > If you make some other illegal move what happens? For instance if you > take one the opponents stones and place it on the board? Do you lose > immediately or do you get your hand slapped with the objection that "you > can't make that move, play something real!"
In serious tournament go the convention is that you lose immediately. (I haven't heard of a case of someone playing a stone of the wrong colour in such a tournament, but certainly playing a move forbidden by the ko rule forfeits the game). -M- _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
