A Brief Overview of Go Go is an ancient game originating in China. Go has enormous following throught out the world. Go is so popular in Asia that Japan, Korea and China have well established professional as sociations. The Game of Go is played on a large wooden board with white and black stones made from clam shells and slate. The board is covered with 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines and the stones are placed on the intersections of these lines.
Stones re main on the board as long as they are alive.
A stone's life is determined by very simple rules. In addition, when a player places a stone on the board, the life of the other player's stones is determined first. This allows a new stone to create space by forcing the removal of the opponent's stones. In these two examples the black stones remain on the board until a white stone is placed in the intersections marked a or b. The final rule of Go is the simple rule that a complete board position can not be repeated.