Two consecutive passes normally signal the end of the game (AGA Rule 9); The players then agree which stones on the board are dead — stones that could not avoid capture if play continued; Dead stones are removed and counted as prisoners; if the players cannot agree, play resumes to settle the pos...
Why people argue about this
People often assume that if two consecutive passes occur, they simply end the game without counting any stones as dead, which leads to arguments about how many stones should be removed at the end of play. The confusion arises because the rule specifies removing only "dead" stones, not necessarily all stones from previous turns.
