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INTRODUCTION THE game of Go belongs to the class of games of which our Chess , though very dissimilar , is an example . It is played on a board , and is a game of pure skill , into which the element of chance does not enter ; moreover ...
INTRODUCTION THE game of Go belongs to the class of games of which our Chess , though very dissimilar , is an example . It is played on a board , and is a game of pure skill , into which the element of chance does not enter ; moreover ...
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It is natural to compare it with our Chess , and it may safely be said that Go has nothing to fear from the comparison . Indeed , it is not too much to say that it presents even greater opportunities for foresight and keen analysis .
It is natural to compare it with our Chess , and it may safely be said that Go has nothing to fear from the comparison . Indeed , it is not too much to say that it presents even greater opportunities for foresight and keen analysis .
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Go , on the other hand , is not merely a picture of a single battle like Chess , but of a whole campaign of a modern kind , in which the strategical movements of the masses in the end decide the victory . Battles occur in various parts ...
Go , on the other hand , is not merely a picture of a single battle like Chess , but of a whole campaign of a modern kind , in which the strategical movements of the masses in the end decide the victory . Battles occur in various parts ...
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As a rule it may be said that two average players of about equal strength will find more pleasure in Go than in Chess , for in Chess it is almost certain that the first of two such players who loses a piece will lose the game ...
As a rule it may be said that two average players of about equal strength will find more pleasure in Go than in Chess , for in Chess it is almost certain that the first of two such players who loses a piece will lose the game ...
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In regard to the time required to play a game of Go , it may be said that ordinary players finish a game in an hour or two , but as in Chess , a championship game may be continued through several sittings , and may last eight or ten ...
In regard to the time required to play a game of Go , it may be said that ordinary players finish a game in an hour or two , but as in Chess , a championship game may be continued through several sittings , and may last eight or ten ...
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A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T 19 18 abandoned actual advantage adversary adversary's allowed already arises attack become beginner better Black plays black stones called chance Chess commence complete connection continuation corner course Dame dead defend Diagram difference edge examples extend five four gained game of Go given gives group of stones hand HANDICAP Plate Honinbo Ikken illustration important intersection Japan Japanese Joseki kakari kill live lost masters means method move necessary occur once opening period placed player position possible prevent reason regarded reply result retains rule safe secure Sente shown shows side situation skill sometimes supposed surrounded taken Takes territory threatened tion Tsugu vacant space White plays white stones
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Página ix - ... rather than through the fighting of the common soldiers. Go, on the other hand, is not merely a picture of a single battle like Chess, but of a whole campaign of a modern kind, in which the strategical movements of the masses in the end decide the victory. Battles occur in various parts of the board, and sometimes several are going on at the aame time.
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Página ix - Go, on the other hand, is not merely a picture of a single battle like Chess, but of a whole campaign of a modern kind, in which the strategical movements of the masses in the end decide the victory. Battles occur in various parts of the board, and sometimes several are going on at the same time. Strong positions are besieged and captured, and whole armies are cut off from their line of communications and are taken prisoners unless they can fortify themselves in impregnable positions, and a far-reaching...
Página 62 - PLATE 13 territory, and beginners are likely to play their stones directly in contact with the advancing forces. This merely results in their being engulfed by the attacking line, and the stones and territory are both lost. If you wish to stop your adversary's advance, play your stones a space or two apart from his, so that you have a chance to strengthen your line before his attack is upon you. The next thing we will speak of is what the Japanese r* j call the "Sente.
Página 31 - ... the board, and hence it would be impossible to surround this group of white stones unless two stones were played at once. The white stones, therefore, can never be surrounded, and form an impregnable position. This is the principle of the two "Me...
Página viii - Chess are of a past age, in which the king himself entered the conflict - his fall generally meaning the loss of the battle — and...
Página 32 - Me" are on the edges or in the corners of the board, or how far from each other they may be. Plate 3, Diagram vi, shows a group of stones containing two vacant "Me
Página 18 - Go Ban" as it is called in Japanese, is a solid block of wood, about seventeen and a half inches long, sixteen inches broad, and generally about four or five inches thick.
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| Título | The Game of Go: The National Game of Japan |
| Autor | Arthur Smith |
| Editor | Moffat, Yard, 1908 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Largo | 220 páginas |
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