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Small marks showing captured stones and counted territory.
Also known as: Go scoring marks, Dead stone marking
At the end of a Go game, dead stones are marked and territory is counted as enclosed empty intersections. Japanese and Chinese scoring count different things — territory against territory plus stones — and can give different results by a point, which is why the rule set is agreed in advance.
Mark dead stones and count enclosed empty intersections as territory at the end of a game.
Contexts: History
Differ between rule sets: Japanese scoring counts territory alone while Chinese scoring counts territory plus stones on the board, and the two can differ by a point.
Contexts: History
Small square or triangular marks placed on stones and in empty intersections at the end of a diagram.