[computer-go] BGA adopts AGA rules

[Peter Drake]

 From the American Go Association e-journal:

THIS JUST IN: BRITS ADOPT U.S. RULES: The British Go Association  
officially adopted AGA rules of go at last weekend's British Go  
Congress at Hastings, reports BGA President Ron Bell, who was re- 
elected for another term. "AGA rules have two major benefits," Bell  
tells the E-Journal, "First, they neatly allow either the Japanese or  
Chinese styles of counting the score to be used. Second, the use of  
pass stones allows any disagreement between the players to be  
resolved by simply resuming play. Since the BGA Council adopted AGA  
rules last October, they've been used successfully in about half a  
dozen tournaments. We do have some members who wanted to keep the  
previous Japanese rule set - but the motion at the AGM to approve the  
change was passed with no opposition."

I'm not saying we should adjust our programs just yet, but we may be  
getting closer to an international standard. Of course, it's  
irrelevant until Japan, China, and Korea get on board.

You can find the rules in question here:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wjh/go/rules/AGA.html


Peter Drake
http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/