I decided to learn more about this game, having only heard of it so far. Chess and checkers have become very popular at home, but the rules and strategic implications of chess can be overwhelming for a 6 year old. Checkers is less of a struggle, but lacks variety. Hence, Go . . . .
There is a lot of information about the game, why it’s good, what it purports to reveal, etc. and the OS X implementation is very nice, as far as I can tell. But it’s hard to get a handle on how to play it. The strategy seems, well, vague. Even playing on the 9 x 9 beginners board, I get beaten like a drum everytime . . . . They say that, unlike chess, no computer program can reliably beat a master player. Well, I suppose if the Go equivalent of Deep Blue wants to win badly enough, I can expect knock at my door.
They say practice is how you learn so I can hope for some improvement.
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