Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 12:48:42 06/08/02
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On June 08, 2002 at 15:41:56, Russell Reagan wrote: >On June 08, 2002 at 15:35:48, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>I have played Chess on circular boards. > >No you haven't. Maybe you played a chess variant, but chess is only played on an >square 8x8 board. > >>I can't see the sense in this argument; by its reasoning >>the same applies to chess. > >No it doesn't. If you change the size or shape of the board, then the same rules >of CHESS can not always apply. This is not the case in go. The size of the board >can change and the same rules still apply. The reason why I played a 'chess variant' on the circular board and not 'chess' is that the rules of chess say that the game is played on an 8x8 board. (I have to assume this is your reasoning, because you never explained it) Similarly, if you look at Go rulesets you will notice that they nearly all say the game is played on a 19x19 board. So playing on a 9x9 or 13x13 board is not Go by those rulesets. The problem is that there exist other rulesets which say differently, a major cause of problems in go. But in practise, nearly all playing happens on the 19x19 boards. For this reason, I think your distinction is completely arbitrary. -- GCP
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