bool Board::doesKoRuleApply (const Chain & potentiallyCapturedChain) const
{
LOG_FUNCTION(cout, "Board::doesKoRuleApply");
// IF the potentially captured chain has only one stone AND
// the potentially captured stone was the stone the opposing player just played (m_koState.second) AND
// the previously played stone had captured a single stone (m_koState.first)
// THEN the Ko rule applies and the move is invalid.
//
if (potentiallyCapturedChain.size() == 1)
{
if (m_koState.first && potentiallyCapturedChain.containsPoint(m_koState.second))
{
gLogger.log(LogLevel::kMedium, cout, "The Ko rule was enforced"); // " for point ", m_koState.second);
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
