you know what?

[elbobo]

go is so much better than chess

 

[white knight]

agreed most definatly

 

[dujavi]

go is so much better than chess

What is go?

 

[christianblake]

i think he means god

 

[RalPA]

What is go?

i think he means god

No, I think he means this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(board_game)

 

[Walruseater]

Well, I've never heard of Go before, but it looks interesting. It looks a little like what Dylan and his first first officer played on Andromeda...

 

[TheChessnut]

Go is fun, but I still prefer chess.

 

[Romeo14]

Never heard of Go but I've always been a fan of chess. Every guy in my extended family plays chess so it will always be the best for me.

 

[aigiqinf]

Or there's a game on "Neopets" called "Go, Go, Go." Rather weird, chess trumps.

 

[relspace]

Well go is my favorite game. My eldest son likes it too. Playing at the Kansai Kiin in Osaka was one of the highlights for us during our trip to Japan (summer 05). Sure the Tokyo Kiin would have been much more interesting but we did not go to Tokyo this trip. Go is even bigger in China and Korea, but it is all over the world.

My second son (10 years old) prefers chess and has been going to tournaments. He beat me only once in chess and, in fact, I have been improving enormously in chess from playing him, faster than he has so far. In our game today I won very quickly, after capturing only 4 pawns. I have been particularly impressed with how important it is to keep the initiative in the chess far more so than in go.

 

[Mayflower1]

I still prefer chess myself.

 

[Missionary2001]

Chess is the best

 

[LovesTruth]

Well go is my favorite game. My eldest son likes it too. Playing at the Kansai Kiin in Osaka was one of the highlights for us during our trip to Japan (summer 05). Sure the Tokyo Kiin would have been much more interesting but we did not go to Tokyo this trip. Go is even bigger in China and Korea, but it is all over the world.

My second son (10 years old) prefers chess and has been going to tournaments. He beat me only once in chess and, in fact, I have been improving enormously in chess from playing him, faster than he has so far. In our game today I won very quickly, after capturing only 4 pawns. I have been particularly impressed with how important it is to keep the initiative in the chess far more so than in go.

I played in a tournament on the team of a major computer company that built a former world championship computer. This was back just after it had defeated Grandmaster David Levy, the first time ever in history a computer beat a GM in tournament play.

Anyway I was playing in the mob as I am not a rated player. I'd probably be a Class B or maybe Class A, but I've beaten experts before.

One of the people I played was championship GO player from Japan. This was his first ever chess game! He
beat me and everyone cheered. Well, actually I guess I
did a lot to lose the game since I was bored with it all and under a lot of pressure in my own life at the time. But winning his first ever chess game was a big high for him. His buddies cheered him. So did I.

 

[Longacre]

I've played go a few times. It kind of looks like Othello without flipping all the discs over.

 

[relspace]

By the way if anyone is interested in playing go there is not only numerous explanation of the rules and how to play on the internet but there are several completely free methods of playing on the internet as well.

for rules: http://home.snafu.de/jasiek/rules.html

for interactive games:
http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/

for email like, turn based games:
http://www.dragongoserver.net/index.php