Besides sensing your opponents' strategy, you also have to see the meaning of your partner's moves. The tactics can become quite complicated. The battle rages above the theoretical plane. It becomes a work of art created on the board by a mingling of the two players' senses, a mystery without an end. The International Amateur-Pair Go Championship decides the world's top amateurs.
Professional sensitivities clash at the Professional Pair-Go Championship.
Interest in pair go is growing at an accelerating pace. The two amateur and professional tournaments organized by the Japan Pair Go Association are turning into major forces that show people how enjoyable and interesting pair go is and attract more players to the game. For amateurs, the International Amateur-Pair Go Championship started in 1989. Since then the number of pairs entering the qualifying rounds has grown every year. It is now recognized both in Japan and by go fans throughout the world as the tournament that determines the world's top amateurs.