Originated from [[China]]. Often played in [[Japan]]. ## Rules - [[Liberty (Go)]] - If a stone has one __liberty__, it is in [[Atari (Go)]] - [[Capture (Go)]] - Black is the first mover - [[Komi (Go)]] is points for moving second - [[Eye space (Go)]] and false eye if one of the eyes is in [[Atari (Go)]] - Two stones of the same color is Nobi - A [[Bamboo joint (Go)]] - Connection is when adjacent stones connect are connected into a single group - Hane - A move reaching around a contacted opposing stone - [[Nobi (Go)]] - The score is the number of empty points enclosed by a player's stones, plus the number of prisoners captured by that player ## Other > The number of legal board positions in Go has been calculated to be approximately 2.1×10170,[11][a] which is vastly greater than the number of atoms in the observable universe, estimated to be of the order of 10^80. [[The Conquest of Go]] is a video game version. ## Lectures [Beginner Go lectures from New York Institute of Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNpJF0BzUig&list=PLoZIU5jkY_Y-d4VeR8YvI2_FmoYRYv-JY). 19 horizontal lines and 19 vertical lines with 361 intersection points on the board. Black goes first. White goes second. Stones are played on the intersection points. 4000 years ago in China. Go is a surrounding game. Every intersection inside a surrounded area is a point. One stone alone has 4 liberty (or air). Two stones have 6 liberty. Three stones have 8 liberty. The move before capture is called atari. Think of the lines as roads. If you capture you must remove the stones. You cannot play a position that has no liberties. A point like that is called illegal point.