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The Tianyuan (Chinese: 天元; pinyin: Tiānyuán) is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word tiānyuán literally means the center or origin of heaven, and is the center point on a Go board; the name is similar to the Japanese Tengen and Korean Chunwon. The competition was established in 1987 and is held ...
A ceramic 19 x 19 board preserved from the Sui dynasty. Li Jing playing Go with his brothers. Painting by Zhou Wenju (fl. 942–961), Southern Tang dynasty.. Go's early history is debated, but there are myths about its existence, one of which assuming that Go was an ancient fortune telling device used by Chinese astrologers to simulate the universe's relationship to an individual.
Yi Qiu (Chinese: 弈秋; pinyin: Yì Qiū; Wade–Giles: I Ch'iu) was a Chinese weiqi (go) grandmaster active during the early Warring States period, described as one of the best in his era. He was the first recorded weiqi player in history, having been mentioned in an anecdote from the ca. 300 BC text Mencius.
Lasker's book Go and Go-moku (1934) helped spread the game throughout the U.S., [97] and in 1935, the American Go Association was formed. Two years later, in 1937, the German Go Association was founded. World War II put a stop to most Go activity, since it was a popular game in Japan, but after the war, Go continued to spread. [98]
Go Player (Chinese: 围棋少年; pinyin: wéi qí shào nían, literally "Go Youngsters" or "Go Boy") is a children's animated series.It was produced in China.The first season is set in the late Ming Dynasty and follows the development of Jiang Liu'er, a young man with a talent for the game of Go.
The qi (棋) was defined as the board game now called weiqi (圍棋) in Chinese (Go in Japan and the West), literally meaning "surrounding game". Current definitions of qi cover a wide range of board games, and given that in classical Chinese qí could also refer to other games, some argue that the qí in the four arts could refer to xiangqi ...
Opening section of the Dunhuang Go Manual at the British Library (Or.8210/S.5574). The Dunhuang Go Manual or Dunhuang Go Classic or simply the Classic of Go (Chinese: 敦煌碁經; pinyin: Dūnhuáng Qíjīng) is the earliest surviving manual on the strategic board game of Go (Chinese: 圍棋; pinyin: wéiqí).
The Go player who supervised the production of the manga Hikaru no Go. Affiliate of the Nihon Ki-In. Kaori Chinen (知念かおり) 1974– 6 dan: Married to fellow professional go player Yo Kagen in 1997 Izumi Kobayashi (小林泉美) 1977– 7 dan: Married to Cho U Kaori Aoba (青葉かおり) 1978– 5 dan