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go or i-go, a board game popular in Japan that probably originated in China or India as long ago as the third millennium B.C. The board is marked by a grid of 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines to form 361 intersections. Of the 361 pieces, 181 are black stones and 180 are white. The player with the black stones begins by placing a stone on any intersection. The players alternate turns. The object for each player is to form an "eye," that is, to completely encircle the opposing player's stones. The stones within the eye are then removed from the board. Scores are tallied by subtracting the number of stones a player has lost from the number of stones the player has remaining on the board.
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