Essays on the Game of Go



The Interplay of Intuition and
Brute-Force Analysis in Go

  

Richard Bozulich analyzes the source of intuition in go and why
it must be combined with brute-force analysis.


Chess and Go
A Comparison

  

Richard Bozulich compares the strategic and tactical principles of
go and chess.


Increasing your Concentraton and Powers of Analysis through Visualization

  

Richard Bozulich explains how visualizing the go board in your mind
can increase your analytical abilities and concentration in go as well
as other intellectual pursuits.


Microgo

  

Richard Bozulich introduces a variant of the go rules that makes play
on boards with grids as small as 2x2 possible.


Review of Kissinger's
Book On China

  

Richard Bozulich disputes Henry Kissinger's thesis that Chinese strategic
planning is based on go strategy. He argues that it is more akin to chess.


Go and the
Three Games

  

William Pinckard's classic essay on the differences between Go, chess and backgammon.


Some Senryu
about Go

  

William Pinckard gives some examples of senryu, a literary form similar to haiku, which use Go as their themes.


Go in the Classics

  

The sinologist and go player Donald Potter surveys the references to Go in the ancient Chinese classics.


The Three Virtues
of Go

  

Donald Potter describes the historic role three of the five Confucian virtues -- propriety, wisdom, and human-heartedness -- play in Go.


Einstein and Go

  

The story of Edward Lasker's attempt to interest Albert Einstein in go.