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Discover THE GAME OF GO!Hello. We are here from the xxxxxxx Go Club to talk about themysterious game we play, while the xxxxxxx bookstore hopes thistalk will encourage the sale of introductory Go books. You might haveheard about Go from articles in the NY or LA Times (or if there waspublicity for the talk), or books like Shibumi by Trevanian, TV showslike Wild Palms or from movies like The Go Masters. Or maybe youhaven’t heard about the game at all. Go is one of the simplest games in the world and millions of peopleplay it both in the Orient, Europe and here. You play it with ‘stones’like this, putting them on the intersections like this. Give a quick demonstration of placement of stones preferably on astand up magnetic board.Unlike chess—which eliminates—Go accumulates. It is not a game ofannihilation but a game of building what we call ‘territory.’ This getscomplicated, however, because, while you are surrounding territory,your opponent might be surrounding you! In fact, it becomes socomplicated that the best computer programs can only beat weakamateurs. On the other hand, it takes only five minutes to learn howto play. At the end of this talk, we can even play some games, if youlike.In order to understand the game, you need to remember only tworules. You will see that they are both a lot like the rules of life. Number one: If you are completely surrounded, off you come from theplaying board! For the sake of this initial demonstration, we will ...