# Go

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go/810762>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 18, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go/810762 "2018-03-18T03:24:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go/810762/41 "2018-06-13T01:52:57Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> IIUC, the final score will never differ by more than 1 point total among the different rule sets.

I found [this calculation](https://senseis.xmp.net/?MathematicsOfScoring), which more or less agrees with you (there is [this](https://senseis.xmp.net/?OddEyedSeki) though)

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go/810762/42 "2018-06-13T02:28:36Z")

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So there are big differences about seki in the different rules. I didn’t know.

Fortunately, sekis are fairly uncommon, and unbalanced sekis, I think, are much rarer still.

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