abstract strategy buird gemme for twa players, in which the aim is tae surroond mair territory nor the opponent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Go (tradeetional Cheenese: 圍棋; semplifee'd Cheenese: 围棋; pinyin: wéiqí; Japanese: 囲碁; rōmaji: igo[nb 2]; Korean: 바둑; romaja: baduk[nb 3]; literally: "encirclin gemme") is an abstract strategy buird gemme for twa players, in which the aim is tae surroond mair territory nor the opponent.
Go is played on a grid of black lines (usually 19×19). Game pieces, cried stanes, are played on the lines' intersections. | |
Years active | prior tae Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) tae present |
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Genre(s) | Buird gemme Abstract strategy gemme |
Players | 2 |
Age range | 3+[1][nb 1] |
Setup time | Minimal |
Playin time | Casual: 20–90 minutes Toornament: 1–6 oors[a] |
Random chance | None |
Skill(s) required | Strategy, tactics, observation |
Synonym(s) | Weiqi Igo / Paduk Baduk |
a Some Japanese perfaisional gemmes exceed 16 hours an are played in sessions spread over two days. |
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Traditional Chinese | 圍棋 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 围棋 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | "encirclement chess" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 바둑 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 囲碁 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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