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Goban
Difficulty: Beginner
Keywords: Go term
Goban (碁盤) is the Japanese word for the go board on which the stones are placed. Chinese: qipan (棋盘)
Note that there are traditionally small makings at nine of the 'points' (the star points). The central point is called tengen (Japanese) or tianyuan (Chinese) - the Korean word is chunweon. A real-life goban is a 19x19 grid of lines, and the grid isn't square but rectangular (about 8% longer than wide). This compensates for foreshortening when you look at the board. The go stones are played on the intersections. This is a copy of the living page "Goban" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |