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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 519cb48135fc71000200004a

Draw the Go board

which is a 19×19 lines board. Here we use ascii characters only for simplicity. See diff file to get a sense. (See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game))

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    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
 1 ┏ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┯ ┓ 
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 3 ┠ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┨ 
 4 ┠ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┨ 
 5 ┠ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┨ 
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10 ┠ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┨ 
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16 ┠ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ┼ ╋ ┼ ┼ ┨ 
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Solutions by @NathanHarperoni:

Created by: @zhwenyuan Tweet

51 active golfers, 149 entries

Solutions by @NathanHarperoni:

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#18 - Nathan / @NathanHarperoni

05/31/2013 at 06:58PM

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#>22 - Nathan / @NathanHarperoni

05/31/2013 at 06:41PM

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#>35 - Nathan / @NathanHarperoni

05/31/2013 at 06:39PM

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#>44 - Nathan / @NathanHarperoni

05/31/2013 at 06:28PM