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Go is . . . ancient board game which takes simple elements: line and circle, blaông chồng & trắng, stone & wood, combines them with simple rules and generates subtleties which have enthralled players for millennia. Go"s appeal does not rest solely on its Asian, metaphysical elegance, but on practical & stimulating features in the kiến thiết of the game.

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Go"s few rules can be demonstrated quickly and grasped easily. The game is enjoyable played over a wide spectrum of skills. Each cấp độ of play has it charms, rewards and discoveries. A chất lượng & reliable system of handicapping bring many more players "inlớn range" for an equal conkiểm tra. Draws are rare, và a typical game retains a fluidity và dynamism far longer than comparable games. An early mistake can be made up, used to lớn advantage, or reversed as the game progresses. There is no simple procedure khổng lồ turn a clear lead into lớn a victory -- only continued good play. The game rewards patience và balance over aggression & greed; the balance of influence và territory may shift many times in the course of a game, & a strong player must be prepared lớn be flexible but resolute. Go thinking seems more lateral than linear, less dependent on logical deduction, và more reliant on a "feel" for the stones, a "sense" of shape, a gestalt perception of the game.

Beyond being merely a game, Go can take on other meanings khổng lồ its devotees: an analogy for life, an intense meditation, a mirror of one"s personality, và exercise in abstract reasoning, a mental "workout" or, when played well, a beautiful art in which blachồng and Trắng dance in delicate balance across the board. But most important for all who play, Go, as a game, is challenging và fun.

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To learn more about why millions of people have loved this game for thousand of years, visit our Top Ten Reasons lớn Play Go; or, if you prefer, start playing go right now!

Go combines beauty & intellectual challenge. In Asia, it is often played on a traditional, carved wooden board, with blaông xã and white stones made from slate và clamshell, but good affordable equipment is also available. In either case, the patterns formed by the black & trắng stones are visually striking and can exercise an almost hypnotic attraction as one "sees" more & more in the constantly evolving positions.

The game appeals to lớn many kinds of minds -- to musicians and artists, khổng lồ mathematicians và computer programmers, to entrepreneurs và options traders. Children learn the game readily and can reach high levels of mastery.

Because go lends itself to a uniquely reliable system of handicaps, players of widely disparate strengths can enjoy relatively even contests. The game can be a casual pastime for the idle hour -- or a way of life. Michael Redmond, the only Western player khổng lồ have won status as a top-grade professional player in Asia, when asked why he had devoted his life lớn go, replied, "Because I love sầu the game."