The World Amateur Go Championship Rules have been used since the Second World Amateur Go Championship in 1980 on World Amateur Go Championships and on various other occasions. They are close to Japanese 1949 rules and also edited by the Nihon Ki-in. The rule text is shorter, concentrates on the rules of play, and uses less precedents. Since the rules are not logical, go wisdom is a mandatory requisite for approximative understanding.
Rules Go is a game for two players.
The game is played on a 19x19 grid board. The players alternately play on empty board points with black starting. The winner is the player with a higher territory count at the game end if the game does not end before without counting due to loss by resignation or exceeded time. A komi game uses 5.5 points, handicap games use Japanese style. A move surrounding opponent's stones removes them.