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What happens to groups with no empty neighbour points?

Several experienced players agree; no official ruling.

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russ · Community · 2015-11-18
Thunkd · Community · 2015-11-18

A group with zero liberties is captured and removed. A board should never end up full; if it appears so, a capture or scoring mistake was made.

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