On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Xinwei Kong wrote: > The most simple Go rules: > > Rule 1: never allow to repeat a previous board state unless pass > Rule 2: both pass end the game > Rule 3: only stones on the board counts Obviously you must mean in addition to the rules of capture, who goes first, suicide, etc. > > I think it is enough to solve all the problems(even super Ko), and > it is more like ancient chinese rules if you play to the end. It is > theoretically to grantee an end since there are only finite number > of possible positions. > I think that there are most likely an infinite number of positions in this game since either player can fill their own eyes causing occupied points to again become empty. Tim