{"id":34,"date":"2020-08-03T13:11:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T13:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/go-game-most-basic-information\/"},"modified":"2020-08-03T13:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T13:11:56","slug":"go-game-most-basic-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/go-game-most-basic-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Game &#8211; the Most Basic Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Since many years Go is a popular game among businessmen in the Far East (China, Korea, Japan). Nowadays it keeps getting more popular also in the other regions of the world. Go is the game, which will help you develop your mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Go game \u2013 frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>What is Go?<\/h3>\n<p>Go is a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/various-goals-most-classic-board-games-go-vs-chess\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Various Goals in the Most Classic Board Games - Go vs Chess\" rel=\"noopener\">classic board game<\/a><\/u>. It&#8217;s being played by millions of people worldwide. It has a huge impact for the culture and mindsets of people living in the Far East.<\/p>\n<h3>Is Go hard to learn?<\/h3>\n<p>No, the game of Go is quite easy to learn. The rules are very simple. You can <u><a href=\"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/how-play-go-tutorial-beginners\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"How to Play Go?\" rel=\"noopener\">learn how to play Go within a few minutes<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<h3>Why should you play Go?<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>To learn to solve problems;<\/li>\n<li>To develop logical and strategical thinking;<\/li>\n<li>To develop skills of making decisions within time limits;<\/li>\n<li>To improve at evaluating the risk and possible profits;<\/li>\n<li>To be better in adjusting the local situations into the global scene;<\/li>\n<li>To learn humility and patience;<\/li>\n<li>To have fun;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Summarizing, Go is the <strong>perfect game for businessmen and entrepreneurs<\/strong>. But basically everybody can get benefits from playing this game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read more | <u><a href=\"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/go-baduk-weiqi-and-business-thinking-similarities\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Go (Baduk, Weiqi) and Business Thinking - Similarities\">Go (Baduk, Weiqi) and Business Thinking &#8211; Similarities<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li>Read more | <u><a href=\"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/help-go-thinking-ability-results-scientific-research\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Help of Go for Thinking Ability - Results of Scientific Research\">Help of Go for Thinking Ability &#8211; Results of Scientific Research<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Is Go complex?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, it is a complex game. Despite the simple rules, Go has an <strong>extremely big number of possible variations<\/strong>. It\u2019s possible to play more various Go games than the number of existing atoms in the Universe!<\/p>\n<p>A modern proof of the complexity of Go has been a big struggle of artificial researchers to create a<strong> strong playing program<\/strong>. Other board games like chess got mastered by classical algorithms already in the &#8217;90s. However, in Go it was only in 2016 when new technologies (deep neural networks and Monte-Carlo tree search) made it possible to create a program which could beat professional players.<\/p>\n<h3>How many moves does it take to play a game of Go?<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s possible to play very short and very long games. When one player resigns, the game can finish anytime. But to finish a game of Go by counting territory, the players will probably need to play<strong> about 200-250 moves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, you can find games, which are finished before the 150th move (and the territory is counted). But there are also games with more than 350 moves.<\/p>\n<h3>How long does a game of Go take?<\/h3>\n<p>Most of games played on amateur Go tournaments take <strong>about 1-2 hours<\/strong>. However, there are some blitz tournaments with a time limit of 10 minutes per player (if a player uses 10 minutes, he loses by time). On the other hand, there are also some professional Go tournaments like e.g. <em>Kisei<\/em>, where in the finals each player has 8 hours time limit!<\/p>\n<h3>Why is this game called Go?<\/h3>\n<p>Although <u><a href=\"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/history-go-nutshell\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"History of Go in a Nutshell\" rel=\"noopener\">Go comes from China<\/a><\/u>, it has been showed in the \u201dwestern world\u201d by the Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>There are two names of Go in Japanese. One is \u56f2\u7881, which can be pronounced as \u201dIgo\u201d, the other one is \u7881, which can be pronounced as \u201dGo\u201d. The 2nd name <strong>became more popular in Europe<\/strong> and got rooted in many of the European languages.<\/p>\n<h3>Are there any different names for the game of Go?<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s possible to call the game of Go as \u201d<u><a href=\"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/go-baduk-weiqi-and-business-thinking-similarities\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Go (Baduk, Weiqi) and Business Thinking - Similarities\" rel=\"noopener\">weiqi<\/a><\/u>\u201d, which refers to \u56f4\u68cb &#8211; it\u2019s the name of Go in Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s also possible to call it \u201d<u><a href=\"https:\/\/polgote.com\/en\/blog\/go-baduk-weiqi-and-business-thinking-similarities\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Go (Baduk, Weiqi) and Business Thinking - Similarities\" rel=\"noopener\">baduk<\/a><\/u>\u201d, which refers to \ubc14\ub451 in Korean.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201dwestern countries\u201d it\u2019s quite common nowadays to use the Chinese and Korean names for the Go game, besides the Japanese one.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking about this game, some non-Go players might connect the Go game to \u201dPok\u00e9mon Go\u201d, \u201dCS:GO\u201d, programming language \u201dGo\u201d or even \u201dGo-Go dances\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want to be on the safer side that you are not accidentally misunderstood by the person you are talking to, while speaking about the game of Go, you can also use names such as baduk and weiqi.<\/p>\n<h3>How to pronounce \u201dGo\u201d?<\/h3>\n<p>Go should be pronounced <strong>with the phonetic \u201do\u201d<\/strong> (similar to \u201do\u201d in a word \u201dhot\u201d in British English).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since many years Go is a popular game among businessmen in the Far East (China, Korea, Japan). 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