To put it in chess terms - it's like playing stockfish, but with a rule that says in a theoretical drawn endgame, you lose if the king does not end on a corner square. And not announcing this rule before the match starts.
>And not announcing this rule before the match starts.
I don't think there's a possible way to more clearly announce a rule than declaring it in a parameter -> friendlyPassOk=true.
>It's like playing stockfish, but with a rule that says in a theoretical drawn endgame, you lose if the king does not end on a corner square
The king-in-the-corner rule, is that a rule normal humans play chess with? If so, I would expect Stockfish to handle it. In this case they're just setting the Go rules to match the ruleset that lots of humans play with.
Correct me if I'm wrong.