Go (gemme)

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Go is played on a grid of black lines (usually 19×19). Game pieces, cried stanes, are played on the lines' intersections.
Years activeprior tae Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) tae present
Genre(s)Buird gemme
Abstract strategy gemme
Age range3+[1][nb 1]
Setup timeMinimal
Playin timeCasual: 20–90 minutes
Toornament: 1–6 oors[a]
Random chanceNone
Skill(s) requiredStrategy, tactics, observation
Synonym(s)Aboot this soondWeiqi
Igo / Paduk
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese圍棋
Simplified Chinese围棋
Leeteral meanin"encirclement chess"
Korean name
Japanese name

Go (tradeetional Cheenese: 圍棋; semplifee'd Cheenese: 围棋; pinyin: Aboot this soondwéiqí; Japanese: 囲碁; rōmaji: igo[nb 2]; Korean: 바둑; romaja: baduk[nb 3]; literally: "encirclin gemme") is an abstract strategy buird gemme for twa players, in which the aim is tae surroond mair territory nor the opponent.

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  1. Children below a certain age may swallow or choke on stones.
  2. The full Japanese name igo is derived frae its Cheenese name weiqi (Middle Chinese "hjwɨj-gi"), which rouchly translates as "buird gemme o surroondin".
  3. The Korean wird 'baduk' derives frae the Middle Korean wird 'Badok', the oreegin o which is controversial; the mair plausible etymologies include the suffix '-ok' addit tae 'Bad' creautin the meanin 'flat an wide buird', or the jynin o 'Bad', meanin 'field', an 'Dok', meanin 'stane'. Less plausible etymologies include a derivation o 'Badukdok', referrin tae the playin pieces o the gemme, or a derivation frae Cheenese 排子, meanin 'tae arrange pieces'.See 조, 항범 (October 8, 2005). 그런 우리말은 없다. 태학사. ISBN 9788959660148. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

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