Go is like chess in that it is very old.

FORBES: Go Is More Than A Game Despite What State of Washington Thinks

The Department of Revenue Board of Tax Appeals in ruling against the Institute remarked that Go is fundamentally a recreational board game like chess.

FORBES: Go Is More Than A Game Despite What State of Washington Thinks

If someone is facing a chess master, change the game board to Go, or checkers.

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Computers can be programmed to beat grand masters in chess, but the best they can do in Go is strong amateur status.

FORBES: Go Is More Than A Game Despite What State of Washington Thinks

"It's a long way to go, and is like a combination of playing three-dimensional chess and bridge and trying to run a NASA space programme, all at the same time, " he added.

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Many people, including myself, consider Go to be a deeper, more subtle, more complex, and more elegant game than Chess.

FORBES: Go Is More Than A Game Despite What State of Washington Thinks

Well I guess someone who is clueless enough to think of chess as fundamentally a recreational board game is not going to appreciate the depth of Go.

FORBES: Go Is More Than A Game Despite What State of Washington Thinks

Dr Irwing told The Times the differences "may go some way to explaining the greater numbers of men achieving distinctions of various kinds, such as chess grandmasters, Fields medallists for mathematics, Nobel prize-winners and the like".

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