How to play Go? Basic rules and strategies of Go

In ancient China, there were many names for it, such as Yi, Go, and Shou Tan. It was a compulsory course for the ancient Chinese intellectual class to cultivate their moral character, and it was one of the four arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Currently, Go is popular in Asia-Pacific and covers the world. It is a very popular chess game. Let's continue to look at the specific moves of Go.

Contents of this article

1. How to play Go?

2. Basic rules and strategies of Go

3. Go layout

How to play Go

How to play: Each player holds chess pieces of the same color, black first and white second, and they place chess pieces alternately, only one at a time; chess pieces are placed on points on the chessboard; after a chess piece is placed, it cannot be moved to other points; taking turns to place chess pieces is the right of both players, but either side is allowed to give up the right to place a chess piece.

There are three commonly used methods of calculating the victory and defeat in the world: the Chinese counting method, which is used in all international competitions held in China; the Japanese counting method, which is used in competitions in Japan, South Korea and other countries; and the Ying-style counting method, which is the counting method advocated by Mr. Ying Changqi from Taiwan. The Chinese counting method is relatively simple, practical and easy to learn.

After a game of chess is finished, the following three steps should be followed when counting the pieces: first, remove the dead pieces of both sides on the board; second, make squares or rectangles of integers such as 10, 20, 30, etc. in units of 10. This process is called "making chess pieces"; count the black pieces on the board, and finally add the total number of made chess pieces and the total number of black pieces together to get the territory obtained by the black side.

Basic rules and strategies of Go

Go originated in ancient China, and it is estimated that it originated around the 6th century BC. It is a strategic two-person chess game, and there are also linked chess or team battle modes, two-on-two, one-on-many, and many-on-many forms. It uses a grid chessboard and black and white chess pieces to play. In ancient China, there were many names such as Yi, Go, and Shoutan. It was a compulsory course for the ancient Chinese intellectual class to cultivate their character and was one of the four arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. At present, Go is popular in Asia-Pacific and covers the world. It is a very popular chess game.

Basic rules of Go:

1. To capture a piece, two players take turns placing a piece. If a piece is completely surrounded, it will be captured.

2. Counting the territory. The result of Go is to count the two sides, and the side occupying the larger area wins.

3. Half rule: When robbing and capturing pieces, sometimes repeated killing occurs, making the game impossible to proceed. When this happens, according to the rules, you must first make a move somewhere else before continuing the killing.

Go strategies include:

There is no same game in the history. When the chess game reaches the middle stage, the level of the players is immediately determined. Undoubtedly, the battle in the middle stage largely determines the outcome of a game. Improving the ability to fight in the middle stage is particularly important for enthusiasts. Because there is no fixed pattern to follow in the middle stage, there is a major obstacle to the improvement of enthusiasts' chess skills. The so-called strategic decision is the decision made on the war or other major global issues, that is, the strategic determination of the war leader, and it is the most important manifestation of subjective guidance in war activities. When a game of chess enters the middle stage, the players have to make strategic decisions.

Go layout

Layout: A Go term, also known as stone placement, a Go term that refers to the opening moves of a Go game, generally ranging from a few to dozens of moves.

A game of chess generally consists of three stages: layout, middle game, and endgame. Layout, as the initial stage of a game, lays the foundation for the entire game's structure and context, and also guides the direction of the game.

The purpose of Go is to occupy space. In the layout phase, both players try to occupy the empty space on the board, while trying to prevent the other side from occupying the space, thus leading to the middle game. The distinction between layout and middle game is sometimes not clear. Some games enter the middle game only after all the "big fields" on the board are divided up by both sides; in other games, the fierce battle starts from one corner and spreads to the whole board. In the layout phase, there are not many pieces to be placed and the board is still large, so it is impossible to make accurate calculations. Therefore, what is tested is the player's overall view and chess sense.