Go
Also known as Weiqi in China, Go is one of the most popular board games, and one of the oldest continuously played games in the world. From an early date, it spread from China to Japan and Korea, and more recently it has become a popular game worldwide. It is a game of configuration, where the goal is to gain points by controlling territory on the board.
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Go
Also known as Weiqi in China, Go is one of the most popular board games, and one of the oldest continuously played games in the world. From an early date, it spread from China to Japan and Korea, and more recently it has become a popular game worldwide. It is a game of configuration, where the goal is to gain points by controlling territory on the board.
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Also known as Weiqi in China, ...... lling territory on the board.
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citation
Murray 1951: 89-92.
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gameItem
identifier
No: 1852,0612.460.+
No: 1893,0331.106
No: 1893,0331.122
No: 1893,0331.124
No: 1893,0331.130
No: 1893,0331.133
No: 1893,0331.134
No: 1893,0331.24
No: 1893,0331.35
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bone; wood; ivory; tortoise-shell; gold
marble; wood
paper; cardboard
paper; pasteboard; wood; ivory
wood; ceramic; stone
productionDate
1 January 1925
15thC (board); 18thC (chessmen)
1779 (after?)
1789 (after?)
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CreatorOfLud
Eric Piette
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PublicGame
Ruleset
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OriginPoint
34°30'8.60"N, 135°48'24.94"E
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Q11514315
1st Dynasty; 2nd Dynasty
Early Dynastic (Egypt)
Edo Period
Heisei Era
Mesopotamian
Showa Era; Heisei Era
Taisho Era