Go Board
In
Go, taking prisoners, the acquisition of
territory, the invasion of enemy territory and the establishment of
influence that counteracts your adversary’s ability to form territory,
all fluctuate in relative value during the course of a game. The
Go board is spacious enough for several independent conflicts which may only be related in the closing stages of a game.
The normal board is a 19 x 19 grid. Beginners use a board of 9 x 9. Stones are placed on the intersections of the lines of this ‘grid’. Half are white and half black, and they do not move once played. It is simple - and it is. There are only a few rules.
A
Chess game becomes simpler as
pieces are removed from play by capture, but in Go the board starts empty and increases in complexity as more pieces are added to it (this is its main distinction from
Chess and similar to X’s and O’s).
