Editing Rules of Go (section)

=== Area scoring ===
In area scoring (including Chinese rules), a player's score is determined by the number of stones that player has on the board plus the empty area surrounded by that player's stones.

There are several common ways in which to count the score (all these ways will always result in the same winner):

* The oldest counting method is as follows: At the end of the game, all white stones are removed from the board, and the players use black stones to fill the entirety of the black territory. Score is determined by counting the black stones. Since the board contains 361 intersections, black must have 181 or more stones to win. This method is still widely used in [[Mainland China]].
* Around 1975, Taiwanese player and industrialist [[Ing Chang-ki]] invented a method of counting now known as Ing counting. Each player begins the game with exactly 180 stones (Ing also invented special stone containers that count each player's stones). At the end, all stones are placed on the board. One vacant intersection will remain, appearing in the winner's area; the number of stones of one color in the other color's area will indicate the margin of victory.