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Go (Weiqi)

Go (Weiqi)
PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
MEASUREMENTS

Standard board: 19x19 grid lines, roughly 45cm x 42cm.

HOW TO PLAY
1

Players alternate placing stones on the intersections of the grid, black moving first.

2

Surrounding an opponent's stone or group on all open sides captures it.

3

Stones cannot be moved once placed, only captured and removed.

4

Players pass when they have no beneficial moves left; two consecutive passes end the game.

5

Territory (empty points surrounded) plus captured stones are counted; the higher score wins.