GOLOIS wins Phantom-Go Tournament
Tristan Cazenave · ICGA Journal · 2009
Phantom Go is a two-player game often played as an entertaining variation by regular Go players. It is the equivalent of Kriegspiel for Chess. Phantom Go is a variant of classic Go in which the players do not see the opponent’s moves. Two players each have their own board, on which only their own stones are visible. A referee is needed. He has a reference board on which the actual state of the game is maintained. The players communicate their move decisions to the referee. There are a few variations to the rules of Phantom Go, in the rules used for the tournament, the referee has the following replies to a suggested move: