What is Go?

The game of Go originated in China around 3000 years ago. The rules of the game are simple as follows:

• Go is a two player game
• The default board size is 19x19 lines
• One player places a black stone, while the other player places a white stone
• The goal is to surround the opponent's stones and cover most of the empty spaces on the board

The following is a default board size, which is of 19x19 lines:

19x19 Go board

Even with those simple rules, the game of Go is highly complex. There are around 2.08 x 10¹⁷⁰ possible moves in a 19x19 Go compared to 10⁸⁰ atoms in universe and 10¹²⁰ possible moves in chess. Thus, the intellectual depth required to play the game of Go has captured human imagination for ages. 

Go versus chess

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