No pawn taken

Public forum discussion.

#1 · Carroll

25 Jun 2025

I wondered if there has been a game with the two armies crossing without a single pawn being taken ?
A bonus is if there has been no mistakes made...

#2 · Paul Wiselius

29 Jun 2025

I remember that I once signalled a win for me still having all my stones, but cannot remember if I took an opponent's stone.

#3 · William Fraser

30 Jun 2025

Checking over the game records of people who played in the infinite tournament (131 players, yielding 177688 games), I found exactly two:

https://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=885529

https://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/game/game.jsp?gid=1590289&nmove=79

There could, of course, be more.

#4 · Carroll

2 Jul 2025

Thanks William for your research.
They seem quite rare.
I guess they are not possible with perfect play, I tried to find starting positions where it makes sense, but did not succeed.

#5 · Hjallti

8 Jul 2025

It would be strange in the beginning to keep a 2,3,4,5 of you are able to self capture. Of course the added condition on optimal play is vague.