Weiqi is the Chinese name for the classic board game usually known in English as Go. Called “yi” in ancient China, the game has a history of over 3,000 years; it can be regarded as the originator of ...

Chinese Weiqi legend Nie Weiping, one of the most influential figures in the modern history of Weiqi, or often being referred as Go, has passed away at the age of 73 on Wednesday night, his daughter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not many people play board games nowadays, what with the number of (often) free mobile games that are deemed more immersive and ...

TOKYO – A cool spring breeze was blowing through Sotobori Park, fluttering the pastel pink cherry blossoms along the canal on a tranquil Tuesday morning. Just a five-minute walk away at the Nihon ...

Wu Qingyuan, legendary player of the game weiqi, died last month in Japan, aged 100. Known in Japan as Go Seigen, Wu was a native of Fujian province who was discovered to be a child prodigy of the ...

The game of weiqi is played on a board as shown in Figure 1. The weiqi set is comprised of a board with 180 black and white pieces each. The picture below shows the standard 19x19 board, which means ...