Question

John Conway was inspired to define the surreal numbers after researching this game’s endgame. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify this Chinese game played on a 19 by 19 grid, in which players place black and white stones while trying to enclose the most territory.
ANSWER: go [accept wéiqí; accept igo or wigo; accept baduk; accept ranka; accept lanke; accept ; accept shǒu tán; accept oblavnye shashki; accept mak lom]
[10h] In a game of go named for this action played in 1835, Jowa played three brilliant moves before his 25-year-old opponent Akaboshi Intetsu suddenly died after performing this action. Like the ear-reddening game, the game titled for this action was won by a head of the Hon'inbō house.
ANSWER: blood-vomiting [accept the blood-vomiting game; accept answers like coughing blood or vomiting blood on the game board; accept toketsu no ikkyoku; prompt on vomiting alone by asking “what did he vomit?”]
[10m] A group of stones with only one remaining liberty is said to be “in [this state]” which inspired the name of a company that produced Combat and Pitfall!
ANSWER: atari
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