GO Basics (3D Animation)

GO Basics (3D Animation)

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📕 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀: 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱
(https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Maths-Agnijo-Banerjee-Darling/dp/1786072645)
📙 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀: 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲
(https://www.amazon.com/Weirder-Maths-At-Edge-Possible/dp/1786075083/)
📗 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀: 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻
(https://www.amazon.com/Weirdest-Maths-David-Darling/dp/1786078058/)
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📄𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
Go is a strategy game that was invented in China about 2,500 years ago. It’s believed to be the oldest board game that’s been continuously played to the present day. Although Go’s rules are very simple, the game can be incredibly complex. The number of all possible legal positions in Go has been calculated to about 10exp170 whereas for chess the number is about 10exp45

The playing pieces are called stones. One player plays has white stones, the other black. Unlike chess, all the stones are equal: all move in the same way and look identical. Also stones can’t be moved or taken back once they’re placed the game board, but they can be captured by the opponent. Stones are placed on intersections not on the lines or inside the squares as in chess or checkers. At each turn players put just one stone on the board. The main goal is to gain more territory than the opponent through the placement of stones and the capture of opponent’s stones.

In Go, black plays first. This gives an advantage to the black, so in return white gets a bonus score called KOMI to make the game fair. Although there’s no a strict rule what Komi should be, it’s usually between 4.5 and 7.5 points. Komi almost always includes a half point for breaking ties. At the end of the game Komi is added to white’s score.

The standard Go board is 19×19 and contains 361 points. There are also 13×13 and 9×9 boards, which are generally preferred by beginners or those wanting a quick game.

When one player surrounds the other player’s stone or stones, the surrounded stones are captured and they’re removed from the board.

The surrounding intersection points for a stone or group of stones are called liberties. When all liberties are blocked by the opponent, the stone or group of stones are captured and removed from the board. If you place a stone somewhere in the middle of the board, your opponent must block 4 liberties to capture your stone. So at the start of the game, it’s not a good idea to place the first stone to edges that have 3 liberties or corners that have 2 liberties.

Also the shape of groups is important in Go. For example, although these 2 groups have equal number of stones, they have different number of liberties. This group has 8 liberties, while one has 7. So the 2nd group can be captured more easily.

If one stone or a group of stones has just one liberty, the situation is called ATARI and the stone or group can be captured on the next move if its unable to attain additional liberties.

Players can’t place a stone where the stone won’t have any liberty. For example, if white places a stone to this intersection, the white stone doesn’t have any liberty. Therefore this is an illegal move but this suicide move is allowed in some sets of rule, such as Ing rules, New Zealand rules, and Tromp-Taylor rules. An illegal move can turn to a legal move during the game. For example, if white plays like this, the illegal point turns to a playable point, because if white places a stone here, it can capture black’s stone. However, after the white move, black can place a stone here and also capture white’s stone.

This situation can be endless and go on forever. It has a special name, KO . The Ko rule deals with this deadlock. If white captures black first, black can’t place a stone here immediately, and must place a stone somewhere else. However if white doesn’t place a stone here, black can now place a stone and capture white’s stone. After that, the same rule is applies to white. White can’t place a stone here immediately, but must place the stone on different intersection point.

When there is no any useful move left, the player passes. If one player passes, he or she must give a stone to the opponent. When both black and white declare passes the game ends. In Go, white must make the last move since black starts the game. So white has to pass after black’s.
After the game ends, If there are neutral territories which are not completely surrounded by either player's stones on the board, they are filled by black and white. White places a stone on the neutral point first then black does. Then dead stones are removed from the board. Sometimes players don’t want to capture some opponent’s stones because these stones are useless for the opponent and also if one player captures one of the dead stones, the player loses at least 1 point.

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