Go (gemme)

Go

Go is played on a grid of black lines (usually 19×19). Game pieces, cried stanes, are played on the lines' intersections.
Years active	prior tae Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) tae present
Genre(s)	Buird gemme Abstract strategy gemme
Players	2
Age range	3+
Setup time	Minimal
Playin time	Casual: 20–90 minutes Toornament: 1–6 oors
Random chance	None
Skill(s) required	Strategy, tactics, observation
Synonym(s)	Weiqi Igo / Paduk Baduk
a Some professional games exceed 16 hours and are played in sessions spread over two days.

Go
Cheenese name
Tradeetional Cheenese	圍棋
Simplifee'd Cheenese	围棋
Leeteral meanin	"encirclement chess"
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin wéiqí Wade–Giles wei2-ch'i2 IPA [wěi.tɕʰǐ] ( listen) Wu Suzhounese wé-jí Yue: Cantonese Jyutping wai4-kei4 Yale Romanization wàih-kèih Soothren Min Hokkien POJ uî-kî
Korean name
Hangul	바둑
Transcriptions McCune–Reischauer baduk
Japanese name
Kanji	囲碁
Transcriptions Romanisation igo

Go (tradeetional Cheenese: 圍棋; semplifee'd Cheenese: 围棋; pinyin: wéiqí; Japanese: 囲碁; rōmaji: igo; Korean: 바둑; romaja: baduk; literally: "encirclin gemme") is an abstract strategy buird gemme for twa players, in which the aim is tae surroond mair territory nor the opponent.