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What is dame, and must I fill it before passing?
Several experienced players agree; no official ruling.
- Go rulebook · Rulebook · Scoring
- longagoigo · Community · 2008-07-14
- russ · Community · 2008-11-20
- wmshub · Community · 2016-12-11
Dame are neutral empty points that belong to nobody. Under Japanese scoring they are worth nothing and need not be filled. Under Chinese area scoring each filled dame is a point, so fill them before passing. Dame inside a seki are not filled.