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 | | Those who have tried out his SST rules have discovered that despite their novel appearance, they do not alter the tactics and strategy of the game, except in extremely rare cases in which the traditional rules themselves are in question. |
 | | The SST rules should remind us that although wei-ch'i has a history of thousands of years, it is still a game to be played and played with, and this can lead not only to the discovery of new openings but also the invention of new and improved equipment and rules. |
 | | These laws were developed over a 16-year period by Ing Chang-Ki, who devised the fill-in counting system and the principle that the move is unrestricted except for invariation in 1974, and added the division of ko into fighting ko and disturbing ko in 1990. |
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