Cary Go Club

Congratulations to the Cary Go Club team, represented by Brad Jones, Feng Ye and Owen Chen, winning the national champion of the AGA Chapter Team League in first season. Congratulations to Feng Ye, winning the second place as an individual player in the team league.

The Spring Fuseki 2005 Go Tournament

Date: March 19th, 2005

Time: 9:00am-7:00pm

Location: North Carolina State University campus, Raleigh, NC 27695

Organized by: Cary Go Club and NCSU Wolf Go Club

What is Go?

Go is the oldest board game in the world. The rules are very simple, and you can learn them in a few minutes. It takes simple elements -- line and circle, black and white, stone and wood, but leads to a countless number of intriguing patterns and clever maneuvers.

Go is a game of strategy. Two players compete in acquiring territory by placing stones on a wooden board with a simple grid drawn on it, usually 19 by 19 lines. Each player places a new stone on the board alternately, seeking to enclose territory with the placed stones. Further, each player may capture the opponent's stones. The objective of the game is to enclose the most territory, a simple goal that leads to the elegant and fascinating complexities of Go.

Go originated in China about 4000 years ago. It is known as Weiqi in China, Baduk in Korea and Igo in Japan and Westerners shortened the Japanese term Igo to Go for obvious reasons. Today there are millions of Go enthusiasts in Asia and throughout the world. Top players participate in professional leagues, and championship matches draw large television audiences. Its popularity in the United States continues to grow, more than fifty years after the founding of the American Go Association (www.usgo.org). With the creation of the internet, amateurs from all over the world can now meet each other for games while in their own homes and watch professional players compete.