What was Go called in ancient times? How to play Go?

Go is not only popular among people today, but it actually has a long history. In ancient my country, people had already started playing Go. For example, the chess records in the Book of Sui, Records of Classical Books, all use the word "碁". The word "棋" can be used for many types of chess. So what was Go called in ancient times? You must want to know!

Contents of this article

1. What was Go called in ancient times?

2. How to play Go

3. Six methods of Go fighting

What was Go called in ancient times?

The ancient names for Go include Lan Ke, Yi, Black and White, Shou Tan, Zuo Yin, etc.

The most famous nickname of Go is "Lan Ke". According to the first volume of "Records of Strange Things" by Ren Fang of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, "In Shishi Mountain in Xin'an County, Wang Zhi of the Jin Dynasty was cutting wood. He saw several boys playing chess and singing. Zhi listened to them. The boy gave Zhi something like a date pit. Zhi held it in his mouth and didn't feel hungry. After a while, the boy said to him: Why don't you go? Zhi got up and saw that the axe and handle were rotten. When he returned, he found that there was no one there."

Go is also known as "棋". "Shuowen Jiezi. San Shang" records: "棋, Go." Another variant of "棋" is "碁", which was widely used in ancient my country. For example, the chess catalog in "Sui Shu. Jingji Zhi" is "碁". "棋" can be used for many types of chess, such as "Weiqi" and "Xiangqi".

How to Play Go

Go is played on a square grid board and black and white round pieces. There are 19 vertical and horizontal lines on the board, dividing it into 361 intersections. The pieces move on the intersections, and the two sides take turns to move. After the pieces are placed, they cannot be moved. The one who surrounds more territory wins. Because the black side has the advantage of moving first, it is artificially stipulated that the black side must give the white side a piece at the end of the game.

In addition, in order to successfully "capture" in a Go game, the party launching the offensive operation must master some basic techniques of "capturing" in local battles. For example, hugging capture is to drive the opponent's pieces to where there are more of your own pieces, like hugging the opponent's pieces; gate capture is to find the opponent's breakpoint and lock the opponent's pieces inside like a door; conquering pieces is to capture from both sides continuously, leaving the opponent with only one breath left, until the opponent is finally captured; in addition, there are other techniques such as double capture, shackle capture, and pounce capture.

Six Ways to Play Go

1. When both sides have no eyes and only external Qi, the one with more Qi wins; if both sides have the same amount of Qi, the one who moves first wins.

2. When both sides are equal and have equal energy, the one with more energy wins. If both sides have the same amount of energy, the one who leaves first wins.

3. When both sides have two or more public Qi without eyes, when the opponent moves, if you want to win the fight, you must satisfy that your Qi is greater than or equal to the opponent's Qi plus the public Qi. When you move, if you want to win the fight, you must satisfy that your Qi is greater than or equal to the opponent's Qi plus the public Qi minus one.

4. If one side has an eye, double life will not occur. If the external Qi plus the eye Qi plus the public Qi of the side with the eye is equal to the external Qi of the side without the eye, the one who moves first wins.

5. Complete eye qi, three straight, three curved, three threes, four Ding, four square, four fours, five knife handles, five plum blossoms, and five eights, refers to the situation in the middle or on the edge of the chessboard.

6. If both sides have eyes, the big eye can easily kill the small eye, and both can survive.