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  2. List of Go terms - Wikipedia

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    Players of the game of Go often use jargon to describe situations on the board and surrounding the game. Such technical terms are likely to be encountered in books and articles about Go in English as well as other languages. Many of these terms have been borrowed from Japanese, mostly when no short equivalent English term could be found. This ...

  3. Go (game) - Wikipedia

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    The Go board (generally referred to by its Japanese name goban 碁盤) typically measures between 45 and 48 cm (18 and 19 in) in length (from one player's side to the other) and 42 to 44 cm (16 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 17 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in width. Chinese boards are slightly larger, as a traditional Chinese Go stone is slightly larger to match.

  4. List of Go games - Wikipedia

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    The blood-vomiting game (Japanese: 吐血の一局) was played during the Edo period of Japan, on June 27, 1835, between Honinbo Jowa (white) and Intetsu Akaboshi (black). It is noted for three brilliant moves played by Jowa, and for the premature death of the Go prodigy Intetsu Akaboshi, who died after coughing up blood onto the board after the game.

  5. List of Japanese board games - Wikipedia

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    Game name Year Origin Players Gameplay style Similar Games Reference Love Letter: 2012: Kanai Factory: 2–4: Risk and deduction game: Coup: Gomoku (五目並べ, gomokunarabe) circa 850: Traditional: 2: Strategic abstract game played with Go pieces on a Renju board (15×15), goal to reach five in a row: Renju, Four in a row: Jinsei Game ...

  6. List of Go players - Wikipedia

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    This article gives an overview of well-known professional and amateur players of the board game Go throughout the ages. The page has been divided into sections based on the era in which the Go players played and the country in which they played. As this was not necessarily their country of birth, a flag of that country precedes every player's name.

  7. Go - Wikipedia

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    Go, the starting position located at the corner of the board in the board game Monopoly; Go, a 1992 game for the Philips CD-i video game system; Go, a large straw battering ram used in the Korean sport of Gossaum; Go!, a label under which U.S. Gold published ZX Spectrum games; Go route, a pattern run in American football; Go series, a turn ...

  8. Rules of Go - Wikipedia

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    The rules of Go govern the play of the game of Go, a two-player board game. The rules have seen some variation over time and from place to place. This article discusses those sets of rules broadly similar to the ones currently in use in East Asia. Even among these, there is a degree of variation.

  9. Renju - Wikipedia

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    Renju (Japanese: 連珠) is a professional variant of gomoku. It was named renju by Japanese journalist Ruikou Kuroiwa (黒岩涙香) on December 6, 1899, in a Japanese newspaper Yorozu chouhou (萬朝報). The name "renju" means "connected pearls" in Japanese. The game is played with black and white stones on a 15×15 gridded go board.