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While normal Go allows passing one's turn, and thus has no zugzwang, there is a No Pass Go variant [1] that forbids passing, where the first player in zugzwang
by tromp 5mo ago
While normal Go allows passing one's turn, and thus has no zugzwang,
there is a No Pass Go variant [1] that forbids passing, where the
first player in zugzwang loses the game.
[1] https://senseis.xmp.net/?NoPassGo https://senseis.xmp.net/?NoPassGo
- Nifty3929 5mo ago"... and a player without a legal play loses..." That's more like stalemate, not zugzwang. Edit: Pardon my idiocy. Stalemate is obviously not a loss in chess. So I guess that no-pass go is like neither of these things. In zugzwang you have legal moves - just none are good for you and all lead to a loss given perfect play.
- tromp 5mo ago> just none are good for you and all lead to a loss given perfect play. That's exactly what it means to be in a lost position; all moves lose. A lost position is only Zugzwang though if the same position with the opponent to move is not lost.