Japan's Envoy to Bulgaria Reveals Secrets of Ancient Go Game

Society | November 13, 2005, Sunday // 00:00
Japan's Envoy to Bulgaria Reveals Secrets of Ancient Go Game Japan’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Koichiro Fukui revealed the secrets of Japanese strategy games to Bulgarians. Photo by Nadya Kotseva (Sofia News Agency)

Japan's Ambassador to Bulgaria Koichiro Fukui joined the presentations of the ancient game Go and other Japanese strategy games organized Sunday in in Sofia.

Ambassador Fukui matched wits with the chair of the Bulgaria Go assosiation.

The history of Go stretches back some 3000 years, and the rules have remained essentially unchanged throughout this very long period. The game probably originated in China or the Himalayas.

Mythology has it that the future of Tibet was once decided over a Go board, when the Buddhist ruler refused to go into battle; instead he challenged the aggressor to a game of Go to avoid bloodshed. In the Far East, where it originated, Go enjoys great popularity today, and interest in the game is growing steadily in Europe and America.

Go is a game of skill - it has been described as being like four Chess games going on together on the same board - but it differs from Chess in many ways. The rules of Go are very simple and though, like Chess, it is a challenge to players' analytical skills, there is far more scope in Go for intuition.

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