An ancient strategy game for 2 players who try to outwit each other by placing stones on the board to simulate the capturing of territory.
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What do you recommend to learn Go?
I am a beginner at this great game, and I would like to improve my skills at the game of Go. What resources would you recommend?
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What is the difference between thickness and heavy stones?
Thickness in Go describes a strong formation of stones. A heavy group is one that's over-concentrated. How do I know when my stones are thick, without going too far and becoming heavy? It seems ...
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Are professional ranks representative for how many stones of handicap players can give each other?
It was mentioned elsewhere that a 9p could not give 7 stones to a 2p. I have no databases available and wondered if this is correct.
Bonus: If they aren't representative, why not? And is there a ...
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How does the full-size board change the game of Go?
My Go board has two playing surfaces, one big and the other small. As a Go beginner, I have been playing on the reduced size board. I assume this is recommended because it makes games shorter, and ...
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Do professional-level Go players memorize a list of endgame positions as part of their training?
As in this question there were two questions, I extract the second question here.
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Is there an equivalent of Deep Blue in the Go world?
Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. On May 11, 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to one with three draws against world champion Garry Kasparov. Kasparov accused ...
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Do we have Go endgame tablebases, just like Chess?
I am a relative newcomer to Go and more interested in the programming aspects of designing a Go Engine.
Do Go engines use a systematic list of Endgame positions with known wins, the way chess ...
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What is a good opening for Go on a 13x13 board?
I have been playing a lot of Go recently at lunch but we are playing on a 13x13 board instead of a 19x19. I can't seem to ever win! I am beginning to think that my opening is leaving me in a bad ...
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What is the difference between thickness and heavy or over-concentrated stones? [duplicate]
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What is the difference between thickness and heavy stones?
Many beginners and even advanced players have difficulties telling apart thick from heavy or over-concentrated ...
