Go Variants

In this variant, diagonal connections also count. So a stone in the middle of the board has 8 liberties, the usual 4 and 4 diagonal ones. What does this change? Professor Li Zhe, 6p, will tell us! We will play 8-liberties-Go at 4pm on Tuesday, …

In this variant, only the board is different: every boundary point of the Go board is considered to be connected to the boundary point on the other side of the board, so that each point has four neighboring points! This leads to some surprisingly tricky …

In this variant, only the board is different: every boundary point of the Go board is considered to be connected to the boundary point on the other side of the board, so that each point has four neighboring points! This leads to some surprisingly tricky …

Play 2vs2 with 2 unseen players and 4 enemies. This variant is played on two boards. At each board sits one player from each team and they play a game against each other. They are not allowed to see the other board. However, all four …

Play 2vs2 with 2 unseen players and 4 enemies. This variant is played on two boards. At each board sits one player from each team and they play a game against each other. They are not allowed to see the other board. However, all four …

Each player plays two moves in a row. The stones must have a keima (knight’s move) distance (see picture). The first move must be valid on its own, suicide is not allowed. The regular ko rule doesn’t apply. If both moves of a player have …

Each player plays two moves in a row. The stones must have a keima (knight’s move) distance (see picture). The first move must be valid on its own, suicide is not allowed. The regular ko rule doesn’t apply. If both moves of a player have …

Start a game in Yose and prove your endgame abilites! Then switch colours and adapt. * Rules: The players are given a recording of the last stage of an interesting game. The players will pick colors (Nigiri) and finish the game, recording the final score. …

This is an outdoor activity and may be cancelled or moved based on the weather conditions. The goban is created by placing a net on the grass. Black and white frisbees are used as stones. Stones are placed by throwing them from outside the board. …

In addition to the regular Go rules, capturing is forbidden after an atari. That is, if White reduced the number of liberties of any black group to one, Black is not allowed to capture stones in the next move. Self-ataris don’t count. This can lead …