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Dave Dutcher (Djdutcher)
Posted on Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 2:53 pm:   

Has anyone considered implementing "First Capture" or "Capturing" Go? It basically has the same rules as Go, except that the first person to capture an opponents stone wins the game.

I am just learning Go, and I've seen a few people recommend that beginners start by playing "Capturing" Go. This web site is one example:

http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/teachgo/

It would probably be a teaching utility for beginners, but could still be popular I think.
Andreas Kaufmann (Andreas)
Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 4:10 pm:   

This is very easy to do:
1) Make a copy of "Rules/Go.Zrf" (you find it in Zillions installation directory).
2) Open the copied file in a text editor, find the text
. . .
(variant
(title "9x9 Go")
. . .

Add one line there :
(loss-condition (Black White) (captured Stone))

The text now should look like:
(variant
(title "9x9 Go")
(engine "Engines\GoEngine.dll")
(board (Board-Definition9x9))
(piece (PiecesSmall))
(loss-condition (Black White) (captured Stone)) ; added line
)

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