Fédération française de go
The Go French Federation is back at Japan Expo to lead you into the subtleties of this legendary game. Do you wish to learn to play, or to develop you strategies? Come face your opponents and see if you are ready to win the game!
Introduction
Simple yet subtle, go is a board game that represents anexciting amusement for thousands of players throughout the world.
The game originated in China thousands of years ago and isone of the four Asian sacred arts. In Japan, people have played at go for now more than 1,200 years, but it has only recently spread to the West, where it has now a solid reputation.
The purpose of the game is to constitute territories, using a very simple equipment: a board called goban, with a grid and vacant intersections on which black (kuro) and white (shiro) stones must be placed at turns. Each “stone” represents a soldier, and the encircled soldiers become prisoners. The rules are easy to understand in just a few minutes, and allow the beginners to rapidly start exciting and unpredictable games.
Activities
Members of the go French federation are at the festival to show everyone that beyond the apparent simplicity of the game, which is what makes it so accessible to any beginner, go is a game with an inexhaustible richness.
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