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Go Of Different Sizes
The game of go is usually played on a goban with two orthogonal sets of 19 lines. Such a board is said to have a size of 19x19. It is certainly possible to play go on any desired board size, so long as one can find a way to represent the board and also have enough stones to fill it. In fact, most computer go programs allow one to play a game on a board of a desired size. Some programs allow boards which are asymmetrical in size, such as a 13x19 board, while others require the board to be square. One can also take a typical 19x19 goban from the real world and shrink it to a smaller size using various techniques? to mask out the nonessential lines. Of all the possible sizes that a goban can be, there are several that have interesting backgrounds, stories and properties. We will go over the various boards that have existed historically and also explore the implication of very small, very large, and irregular gobans. This is a copy of the living page "Go Of Different Sizes" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |