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	Introduction to the game of Go
		Since a player needs only to have more territory than the opponent in order to win, there are very few drawn games, though the outcome may hang in the balance until the very end.
		Although the game of Go had been described by western travellers to the Far East in the 17th century, it was not played in Europe until 1880, when a German, Oskar Korschelt, wrote a book about the game.
		Go has been played in Britain for at least 100 years, but was not played on an organised basis until the 1950s when the British Go Association (BGA) was formed.
	www.britgo.org /intro/intro1.html (2078 words)

	Sensei's Library: Club Of Sad Go Players
		The community without borders for go players sad with their go.
		Siedes, sad with her Go but happy with her life
		Every go player is stuck at some level from time to time and might therefore - or for any other reason - be unhappy with her/his go.
	senseis.xmp.net /?ClubofSadGoPlayers (467 words)

	Algorithm helps computers beat human Go players \| Science \| Reuters
		"On a nine by nine board we are not far from reaching the level of a professional Go player," said Levente Kocsis at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' computing lab SZTAKI.
		The 19 by 19 board which top players use is still hard for a machine, but the new method is promising because it makes better use of the growing power of computers than earlier Go software.
		In Go all marbles are identical and scenarios are too complex, so the computer has to think forward all the way till the end of the game and emulate the outcome of each alternative move, whose number rises exponentially with the number of turns.
	www.reuters.com /article/scienceNews/idUSL2053348420070221 (505 words)

	Go - An Ancient Abstract Boardgame of Oriental Strategy
		Go is an ancient abstract strategy game which is played on a wooden board consisting of a 19 x 19 matrix using fl and white stones.
		Go theoretically takes place in the feudal age and has as its goal the surrounding of territory consisting of empty points on the board.
		The other half occurs invisibly within the imagination as both players try to outwit and outsmart each other, by planning and reading sequences and feigning intentions, all the while adjusting their vision of the future according to the addition of each new stone.
	www.geocities.com /desmontes/go.html (815 words)

	Quick Go Tips (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New players should learn the capturing game and should play on a 9x9 board.
		Go is a board game for two players.
		One player uses the fl stones and the other uses the white stones.
	www.sentex.net /~mmcadams/teachgo/tips.html (328 words)

	GoBase.org - History of Go -- Edo era (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shunchi, by 22 the youngest player, was from the Yasui house.
		Thereupon, a letter by the Commissioner informed the players that the games would be postponed until the 24th, since both, Santetsu and Honinbô, had fallen ill. The final pairing would be decided on the 23rd according to the state of affairs.
		When the games finished, the players first had to offer their gratitude to the inspectors (metsuke) who were responsible for safety and control inside the Castle.
	gobase.org /reading/history/edo (2133 words)

	Go: With the Flow (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Go players are ranked according to their skill.
		Go’s handicap system, where the weaker player gets extra stones to place on the board before play begins, levels the playing field, reducing the possibility that beginners will be annihilated the first time they sit across from cutthroat Uncle Harry.
		“Go is more open to the notion that one does not have to wipe out someone else in order to be successful,” says Thomas Pucciarello, director of management development at BAE Systems, a defense contractor in southern New Hampshire, where Chatterjee is teaching the company’s managers to play Go.
	www.neu.edu /numag/0201/go.html (2235 words)

	GO: The Game of Complexity
		Historically, Go was considered one of the four great accomplishments of ancient China, one of the worthy pursuits of a lifetime, along with poetry, archery, and calligraphy.
		Asian Go masters considered the Go board to be a microcosm of the universe - an extremely complex and chaotic universe.
		It has been said that the three attributes of a consummate Go player are patience, persistence and the ability to adapt to any game situations.
	www.jadedragon.com /archives/entertainment/go.html (1502 words)

	Algorithm helps computers beat human Go players - Boston.com
		The 19 by 19 board which top players use is still hard for a machine, but the new method is promising because it makes better use of the growing power of computers than earlier Go software.
		In Go all marbles are identical and scenarios are too complex, so the computer has to think forward all the way till the end of the game and emulate the outcome of each alternative move, whose number rises exponentially with the number of turns.
		Go software using a similar method, called UCT, does not have to scan all possible outcomes of a game and they can quickly find the best mix of scenarios to check.
	www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2007/02/21/algorithm_helps_computers_beat_human_go_players (587 words)

	KU Go Club (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The most significant advances in Go theory were made in the 1670's by the Meijin Dosaku, who was the fourth head of the Honinbo School, and possibly the greatest Go player in history.
		Today, the main organization of professional Go players in Japan is The Nihon Kiin, which increasingly fosters interest in the game throughout the world.
		Although the game of Go had been described by western travelers to the Far East in the 17th century, it was not played in Europe until 1880.
	groups.ku.edu /~kugo/history.html (532 words)

	Game Of Go
		Go came from the Japanese word "igo", and in China it is known as the GameOfWeiqi, and in Korea the name is GameOfBaduk.
		Go is one of the few games that has a sensible and practical handicap system that allows players of even substantially different standards to have a close game.
		It is interesting that Go is resistant to the same kind of analysis, considering that there are humans who are extremely good at it, but it's important to keep in mind that expert performance involves different brain areas than expert explanation of performance, and that the former has universally greatly preceded the latter.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?GameOfGo (4349 words)

	Go in Auroville
		GO is played with simple fl and white round stones on a board with nineteen horizontal lines and nineteen vertical ones, forming 361 intersections.
		The more regular players are a German, a half Hungarian/half Italian named Vijay (writer of this), an American, a Dutchman, an Italian, and an Aurovilian (we're all Aurovilian, but he was actually born in Auroville).
		It is also possible to play GO on the Internet and choose the level of difficulty, that is, choose to play with players which are from 20 to 1 Kyu - the lower stage, or with players from one to four or five dan, the higher level.
	www.auroville.org /society/go.htm (858 words)

	Go - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Go (誤), or Igo (異誤) is a really, really, really really old Oriental game which uses shiny fl and white stones (not to be mistaken for candy) on a grid-like board called a Goban (誤判).
		Critics point out that Go is a wargame that teaches young people the art of becoming generals, leading massive, rotund armies.
		Go is a simple game to play, but it is very difficult in theory.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Go (776 words)

	Go - Other Players
		If the players have the same strength, one way to compensate is to oblige the first player to pass in the 3rd turn.
		If the players have the same strength, one way to compensate is to oblige the first and second player to pass in the 3rd turn.
		The rule for 5 to 8 player Go, should give the 5th to 8th player a double move in the first turn, in order to compensate the lack of corners for those players.
	www.di.fc.ul.pt /~jpn/gv/players.htm (1281 words)

	What is Go?
		Go uses the most elemental materials and concepts -- line and circle, wood and stone, fl and white -- combining them with simple rules to generate subtle strategies and complex tactics that stagger the imagination.
		Studying go is a wonderful way to develop both the creative as well as the logical abilities of children because to play it both sides of the brain are necessary.
		It is interesting to note that this story is told on the one hand by Go players to illustrate the quality of the game and on the other hand by Buddhists to show the acuity of the monk from China.
	www.kiseido.com /yyy.htm (1002 words)

	All Systems Go (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Go is a game of construction--the board starts out empty, and the opponents, one playing fl, the other white, take turns placing their stones on the intersections, trying to surround and control unclaimed territories.
		Go is a game of construction, but it is also a game of war: once a group of stones is completely surrounded, it is removed from the board.
		Go programs, on the other hand, depend largely on rough heuristics, or rules of thumb, for deciding whether groups are alive or dead.
	www.cns.nyu.edu /~mechner/compgo/sciences (4270 words)

	GO History and Rules
		GO was studied by Japanese warrior class who acquired the passion for it and passed down their techniques to their family members in the same way they did with techniques of sword-making and the code of the samurai.
		Go translates as "hand conversation," and which the truth of the game is really a series of discussions and arguments.
		When a player places a stone to be simply captured by the opponent, the move is an illegal move and such a move is not allowed.
	www.game-club.com /gohis/go.htm (3029 words)

	OpenGo: Architecture of a Go Programming Environment
		Each player is assumed to be operating asynchronously from each other; this is the general case.
		The actions of each player are transmitted via the common functions of the PlayerProxy class to the Referee class.
		Some are merely interfaces to the human player at the computer, others might interface to people playing over the Internet or by modem, and others might interface to a local or remote computer opponent.
	www.inventivity.com /OpenGo/doc/archenv.html (2086 words)

	Go Game Store
		In ancient China, Go game was considered to be one of the Four Arts, along with music, painting, and poetry, and Yunzi stones were the favourites of scholars, monks, professional players and were used to be presented to the emperors as precious gifts.
		Yunzi, known as the work of art, are well regarded as the professional Go stones used by many tournaments in China, and by many international tournaments as well.
		Go game stones can be made from all kinds of materials, plastic, glass, ceramic, shell,etc. Only one can be called real STONE - the stones made of Marble Stone.
	www.go-gamestore.com /goequip/stones/stoneinfo.htm (1053 words)

	Jean-loup's Go page
		David Mechner, a very strong amateur go player and a go programmer, makes an excellent analysis of the real level of current go programs.
		To see how much Go++ has improved since, here is a game at 9 stones, which I lost by 3.5 points in May 2003.
		Many Faces of Go is not as strong as Handtalk or Go++, but it is a good program for learning go thanks to its nice user interface and go tutorial.
	gailly.net /go.html (949 words)

	Go
		Computers just can't seem to get past Go - Chess is a doddle compared to this ancient oriental game of strategy that has programmers and scientists scratching their heads.
		Go, digital - The Chinese game has programmers on a quest for an algorithm to defeat other computers -- and then lead to artificial intelligence applications.
		At the British Go Association's site you'll find a good introduction to the game of Go, a nice collection of Computer Resources for Go Players, a link to their Junior Go Page, and much more.
	www.aaai.org /AITopics/html/go.html (2400 words)

	Jean-loup's Go page
		David Mechner, a very strong amateur go player and a go programmer, makes an excellent analysis of the real level of current go programs.
		To see how much Go++ has improved since, here is a game at 9 stones, which I lost by 3.5 points in May 2003.
		Many Faces of Go is not as strong as Handtalk or Go++, but it is a good program for learning go thanks to its nice user interface and go tutorial.
	www.gailly.net /go.html (949 words)

	Go (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Each player adds up the number of vacant intersections surrounded by his color stones and adds to that number the number of enemy prisoners he has captured.
		Go players are ranked as to relative strength according to a scale of kyu and dan.
		With prizes in the millions of yen, professional players take their games very seriously, often beginning their training in early childhood and living at go schools where they study the intricacies of the game under the watchful eye of resident professional players.
	home.earthlink.net /~bazillion/go.html (1058 words)

	Denton-UNT Go Club (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We go down to Dallas, Houston, and Austin for tournaments later in the year.
		Players of all levels are welcome, including those who haven't learned the rules.
		Other Go clubs in the region: Dallas, UT-Dallas, Baylor@Waco, OU@Norman, Austin, Houston, LSU, and more.
	orgs.unt.edu /go (316 words)

	Getting Strong at GO: A Study Guide
		Classical Chinese treatises on go are referenced, and the development of concepts in modern play is described in detail.
		Each theoretical concept is shown applied to practical situations on the Go board, so that readers can quickly apply the concepts in their own games.
		Shusaku was the leading player of go's golden age and is known as the Saint of Go.
	members.tripod.com /swamphome/baduk/studygo.html (967 words)

	KU Go Club (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Today, the main organization of professional Go players in Japan is The Nihon Kiin, which increasingly fosters interest in the game throughout the world.
		Although the game of Go had been described by western travelers to the Far East in the 17th century, it was not played in Europe until 1880.
		The total number of people who play "Go" in the United States is estimated to be about thousands.
	www.ku.edu /~kugo/history.html (532 words)

	HilltopGo.com Go Baduk Wei'qi links
		Japanese call it go or igo; Koreans call it baduk or pahdook; and it is named wei'qi or wei'chi in China, where it was born some 2,000 to 4,000 years ago.
		Go - An Introduction with cartoons -- most of the pictures are about 65K; concise but comprehensive explanation of the rules and how to play.
		Still, computers are useful to go players for recording and playing back games, for collecting and organizing databases of game records, and sometimes for analysis of particular moves.
	www.hilltopgo.com /aboutgo.html (3470 words)

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	download-soft.com /Catalog/Most-Popular/Audio/Players/catalog1.htm (708 words)

	Sensei's Library: OK Go Players
		New clubs, new events, and new players will be announced on the mailing list first.
		This is a newsgroup posting on google; a long review of a nice but inexpensive set followed by a url to ebay.
		OK Go Players last edited by 24.255.112.63 on March 11, 2007 - 03:43
	senseis.xmp.net /?OkGoPlayers (464 words)

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	mp3-media-players.catalogboy.com (660 words)

	Book: Mathematical Go Endgames: Nightmares for Professional Go Players - UsingEnglish.com
		Book: Mathematical Go Endgames: Nightmares for Professional Go Players - UsingEnglish.com
		Mathematical Go Endgames: Nightmares for Professional Go Players
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	www.usingenglish.com /amazon/us/0923891366.html (75 words)

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		Current or former Babson players Kevin Welch, Tom Sullivan, Ryan Murphy and Mike Maher pose in Boston after completing their 3,300 mile ride for MS.
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		Some cycling gurus were telling us it was going to take two months based on our experience or lack thereof but we worked through it.
	www.uscho.com /news/id,12672/BabsonPlayersGoTheDistanceForMS.html (1611 words)

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