[gnugo-devel] Chines rules

[Inge Wallin]

In rec.games.go, the following exchange took place:

> "Allan Crossman" <address@hidden> wrote in message
> news:address@hidden
> 
> > Secondly, under Chinese rules, I think there is a compensation of 4
> > points given to white for the handicap stones. So the score really
> > should be W+11.5 under either ruleset.
> >
> > It looks like SmartGo has counted the score by Chinese rules but
> > forgetting the compensation.
> 
> You're right, thanks for pointing this out. I didn't realize the Chinese
> rules included compensation for handicap stones; the chart at
> http://www.britgo.org/rules/compare.html is helpful. More work for the next
> version...
> 
> Anders Kierulf
> www.smartgo.com

I don't think that this is the way that GNU Go counts either when the
ruleset is set to chinese.  Am I wrong?

        -Inge