Fun Facts About Go

① In East Asia

In Japan, Korea, and China, there are 24-hour cable TV stations just for this game.

② Career-Level Skill

Professional Go players can make over $1 million per year.

③ One of the Four Arts

In ancient China, Go was celebrated as one of the “Four Arts” of the cultivated scholar - alongside calligraphy, painting, and playing the guqin (a seven-string zither).

④ Historical Impact

In the first part of his book, “On China”, Dr. Henry Kissinger (Secretary of State under President Nixon) devotes four pages just to the game Go.

⑤ Humans vs. AI

Until 2016, Go was the last game where humans could still beat computers.

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Last modified on 2025-06-10