GO Game - set for playing GO (HG)

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At the beginning of the game, the board is empty, and players fill it by taking turns placing one of their stones and placing it at the intersection of the lines on the board. Once placed on the board, a stone cannot be moved. Instead of making a move, the player may pass and not place any tile on the board.

Stones that are adjacent vertically or horizontally (but not diagonally) form chains. The size of the chains in the game is not limited by anything. If a player encircles an opponent's stone or chain by moving (deprives them of breath), they take captive (remove from the board) surrounded stones.

Breaths and surround
Breaths are free intersections next to a single stone or chain. All intersections that are horizontally or vertically next to a stone or chain are considered breaths (diagonal intersections are not considered breaths). Thus, a lone stone placed in the center of the board has 4 breaths; a lone stone placed on the edge of the board (but not in a corner) always has 3 breaths, while a lone stone placed in a corner has only 2 breaths.

If a single stone or chain is completely stripped of breaths as a result of movement, i.e. there are no longer any free intersections next to it vertically or horizontally, and there are no free spaces inside the chain of stones, then the stones included in it are taken prisoner.

Suicide rule
Sometimes in the course of the game it happens that one or more empty intersections are left inside the chain, surrounded on each side. These intersections are safe and no stones can be placed on them for the rest of the game.

If an empty intersection is inside a chain that is surrounded, and said free intersection blocks the possibility of surrounding that chain, players cannot place

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