WORLD MIND SPORTS GAMES KICK OFF: (10/6/08) Early rounds are underway in the first-ever World Mind Sports Games, which kicked off October 3 in Beijing, China. Watch the E-Journal and the AGA website for updates from our on-site reporters; the International Go Federation is also publishing an excellent Ranka Online WMSG Edition with regular updates and photos. If there’s a tournament results grid being published online, we have not yet located it; we will publish results online as we receive them. U.S. individual men’s and women’s results through Round 4 are posted now. photo: Michael Redmond (U.S., left) plays Sergii Rydzel (Ukraine); photo by Chris Kirschner

Go is... an ancient board game which takes simple elements -- line and circle, black and white, stone and wood -- combines them with simple rules and generates subtleties which have enthralled players for millennia. Beyond being merely a game, go can take on other meanings to enthusiasts: an analogy with life, an intense meditation, a mirror of one's personality, an exercise in abstract reasoning, or, when played well, a beautiful art in which Black and White dance across the board in delicate balance. But most important for all who play, go is challenging and fun.

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