The Game of Go: The National Game of Japan |
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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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A simple example of defense is shown in Plate 3 , Diagram IV , where , if it is White's turn , and he plays in the corner of the board at T 19 , he can save his stones . If , on the other hand , he plays anywhere else , the two " Me ...
A simple example of defense is shown in Plate 3 , Diagram IV , where , if it is White's turn , and he plays in the corner of the board at T 19 , he can save his stones . If , on the other hand , he plays anywhere else , the two " Me ...
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On Plate 5 , Diagrams IV and v , are examples of " Magari shimoku wa me , " and they both are safe . It is interesting , however , to compare these situations with that shown at Plate 4 , Diagram II , where the fourth intersection is ...
On Plate 5 , Diagrams IV and v , are examples of " Magari shimoku wa me , " and they both are safe . It is interesting , however , to compare these situations with that shown at Plate 4 , Diagram II , where the fourth intersection is ...
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... understand than the methods employed at the end , and especially the rule in regard to the removal of dead stones without actually surrounding them , but I trust in the foregoing examples I have made this rule sufficiently clear .
... understand than the methods employed at the end , and especially the rule in regard to the removal of dead stones without actually surrounding them , but I trust in the foregoing examples I have made this rule sufficiently clear .
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In our Illustrative Game , Number 1 , the play in the upper right - hand corner of the board is an example of " Semeai . " It is in positions of this kind that the condition of affairs called " Seki " often comes about .
In our Illustrative Game , Number 1 , the play in the upper right - hand corner of the board is an example of " Semeai . " It is in positions of this kind that the condition of affairs called " Seki " often comes about .
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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.
Página 67 - ... advanced. In the mean time the syringe was modified in France by a rack and pinion attached to the piston, so that water could be injected and withdrawn with great force, — a procedure not only useless, but detrimental to the bladder, if inflamed and thickened.
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.