Asian and Western thinking

[goTony]

My mind autotranslated "chess is more linear" into "chess is more tactical".
Not sure if that's what was intended, but that's what I read.

Singular goal is the first thing that springs to mind for me. It doesn't really make chess any less interesting a game though. Aesthetically I prefer go but chess is fascinating in its own way.

I prefer GO to Chess, but Chess is an enjoyable and complex game that one can devote a lifetime to understanding. I find it fun to play after playing a few games of GO the contrast is striking it changes the minds gears so to speak. I think playing GO helps me see possibilities better in Chess.

[oren]

"So what do you think? Are people just people, or might there be something like an Asian way of thinking that is advantageous for playing go?"

People are just people.

[happysocks]

I find it fun to play after playing a few games of GO the contrast is striking it changes the minds gears so to speak. I think playing GO helps me see possibilities better in Chess.

This was topic of brief discussion on KGS relatively recently where a consensus seemed to arise (not surprisingly) that go helps chess play but that chess didn't seem to help go play much.

Btw also enjoy the striking contrast between these two beautiful games.

[happysocks]

...might there be something like an Asian way of thinking that is advantageous for playing go?

For fun lets assume sometime down the road scientific study points that there may be some underlying truth in this statement. What course of action might we westerners have?