Rule Clarification

See game http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?sendgame=1234459&sendmove=Mffgf|Bca

I am red and have played a 3. Can I legitimately move my player on the 4th row down to enclose the yellow player and the ball in the corner?

The game would appear to allow me to do so but is it considered bad form (bad manners, poor sportsmanship etc)??

can you please post a valid link to the game? :)

Yes, you can. Opinion about this is mixed but at least I consider this as correct (if I guess correctly what the situation is). Your opponent can still get out by putting his own trapped player out of bounds (then you are forced to make a hole for him to exit).

Gregoria

The link is

http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1234655

The game is 1234655

Its my move etc.

Antony

Thank you for your response.

If such situation happens in game against me, don't hesitate to do it :]

Yes, it is valid. The matter here is that you cannot enclose the ball in such a way that is not accessible to none of their players (without having to enter out-of-bounds).

So, in your situation, it is indeed accessible to one of the yellow players. But, as Antony points out, the yellow player get out of the trap, then your only valid moves will be those that open the enclosed area.

hope that helps, Black Cata.