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Encyclopedia ID 634

Go

Also known as 围棋 Wéiqí · Baduk · Igo

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Players alternately place stones on a 19x19 line grid to surround territory and capture enemy stones.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of China, Japan, Taiwan.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of China.

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