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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]
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.
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 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 ...
a – hoshi; b – tengen; c – go no go; d – san san; e – komoku; f – takamoku; g – ōtakamoku; h – mokuhazushi; i – ōmokuhazushi As the distance of a stone from the edge of the board has important tactical and strategic implications, it is normal to term the corner points of the board (1, 1) points, and count lines in from the edge.
A Japanese census on Go players performed in 2002 estimates that over 24 million people worldwide play Go, [1] most of whom live in Asia. Most of the players listed on this article are professionals, though some top level amateurs have been included. Players famous for achievements outside Go are listed in their own section.
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 ...