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12/15/04 | by [mail] | Categories: culture/news

I've been learning a new game recently. And by new I mean that the game is 3000 years old. Go is a two player board game originating in China. The rules are pretty simple, but the strategy can get very intense. GoBase.org is a good site for more information, including a good introduction to the rules. This other site has some good interactive lessons (requres Java). I've been playing the game on my Pocket PC and routinely getting my butt kicked, so I'm going through the lessons to see if I can get any better.

Go is known as Weiqi in China, or .

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Sweet, thank for those links. I see people (including my students) playing this game all the time and I have no idea how it works. I’ll have to read up on it.


brendoman [Visitor]http://brendoman.com12/15/04 @ 23:58

I think this is the game they played in the movie PI. Woot.


Smiles [Visitor]http://smiles.brendoman.com12/16/04 @ 18:41

I have a very old Go board that I never use because I couldn’t figure it out. Want it?


Heath [Visitor]12/19/04 @ 07:02

Sure!


danny [Visitor]http://danny.brendoman.com12/19/04 @ 08:18


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