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Nine marked intersections used for handicap stones.
Also known as: Hoshi points, Board dots
The nine dots on a Go board mark the points where handicap stones are placed, letting a weaker player start with an advantage of a stated number of stones. The handicap system is precise enough that ranks are defined by it: one stone per rank of difference.
Mark the intersections on which handicap stones are placed at the start of an unequal game.
Contexts: History
Underpin the ranking system, since one handicap stone corresponds to one rank of difference in strength between players.
Contexts: History
Nine small solid dots printed at fixed intersections of a nineteen-by-nineteen grid of lines.