Re: Hex board for Go players

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, David J Bush wrote:

> I suppose you could play Go on such a board, but whether that would be
> an improvement or not is highly debatable. "Ko" positions could not arise,
> for example.

Why not?  The board is exactly the same as the standard square board.
If you take a standard board and rule diagonal lines through the squares
you get the same thing, and obviously the diagonal lines don't change
the workings of the standard board.  Although the board is sheared that
doesn't alter the topology.  If you look at the hoshi on the rendered
image you posted it should become apparent that it's the same as a
normal board.

-- 
Chris