The Daily Telegraph

Ancient game

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A 3,000-yearold Chinese board game, Go – or “encircling game” – is likely to be the oldest still played in its original form.

Two players alternatel­y place black or white stones on a 19 x 19 grid, trying to surround territory and capture rival stones. The number of moves is said to be more than all the atoms in the universe.

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