Go (gemme)

Go
	Go is played on a grid of black lines (usually 19×19). Game pieces, cried stanes, are played on the lines' intersections.
Years active	prior tae Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) tae present
Genre(s)	Buird gemme ; Abstract strategy gemme
Players	2
Age range	3
Setup time	Minimal
Playin time	Casual: 20–90 minutes; Toornament: 1–6 oors
Random chance	None
Skill(s) required	Strategy, tactics, observation
Synonym(s)	Weiqi ; Igo / Paduk; Baduk
	a Some Japanese perfaisional gemmes exceed 16 hours an are played in sessions spread over two days.

Go (tradeetional Cheenese: 圍棋; semplifee'd Cheenese: 围棋; pinyin: wéiqí; Japanese: 囲碁; rōmaji: igo^{[nb 2]}; Korean: 바둑; romaja: baduk^{[nb 3]}; literally: "encirclin gemme") is an abstract strategy buird gemme for twa players, in which the aim is tae surroond mair territory nor the opponent.

Notes

↑ Children below a certain age may swallow or choke on stones.
↑ The full Japanese name igo is derived frae its Cheenese name weiqi (Middle Chinese "hjwɨj-gi"), which rouchly translates as "buird gemme o surroondin".
↑ The Korean wird 'baduk' derives frae the Middle Korean wird 'Badok', the oreegin o which is controversial; the mair plausible etymologies include the suffix '-ok' addit tae 'Bad' creautin the meanin 'flat an wide buird', or the jynin o 'Bad', meanin 'field', an 'Dok', meanin 'stane'. Less plausible etymologies include a derivation o 'Badukdok', referrin tae the playin pieces o the gemme, or a derivation frae Cheenese 排子, meanin 'tae arrange pieces'.See 조, 항범 (8 October 2005). 그런 우리말은 없다. 태학사. ISBN 9788959660148. Retrieved 3 Juin 2014.