Life In 19x19

...You need to play at least 100 games before starting to understand what it's all about....


Well now I just feel like a moron. You're supposed to have a clue what you're doing after 100 games?


Don't feel like a moron. Even after 100 games, you may not grasp the whole concept of Go. Things ...

Bill Spight wrote:

poiqwepoi wrote: From the point of view of complexity, Go is to chess what chess is to Tic-Tac-Toe.

I guess you have never played shogi on a 25x25 board. (Me, either, but it has been done. )

I was talking about regular chess (8x8) vs. 19x19 Go.

Despite what you may think, Go is extremely dynamic. I used to play chess but now Chess feels to me like a cramped puzzle.

From the point of view of complexity, Go is to chess what chess is to Tic-Tac-Toe.
Go is a game of construction and destruction. Chess is mostly destruction.
Chess is 99 ...