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students can now take a class in
Go. Next term, Duff is teaching the
AAA 407/507 seminar Go: Theory
and Practice Students can earn
one to three credits depending on
involvement.
Duff has been a Go enthusiast
since his junior high days, and he
said he wanted to bring that joy and
skill to the lives of others.
“I love the game and doing stuff
for students,” he said.
While Go is still taking off in the
United States, it has been part of
Asian culture for nearly 4,000
years. Some may recognize Go
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from the recent movie “A Beauti
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dents play the game. It has been
called one of the major Asian art
forms, in the family of painting,
calligraphy and architecture. In
the middle ages, Japanese shoguns
played Go, and it also earned the
support of nobility.
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munity. The game is a match-up of
wits and aggression, as players aim
to surround their opponent’s stones
while also leaving themselves an
out, or what the game calls a “liber
ty,” at all times.
To play, black and white stones
are placed strategically one at a
time on a wooden board. An offi
cial-size board measures 19 inches
by 19 inches, though learners start
with a 9-by-9 board. Prices for the
boards alone range from $7 to $70
depending on the quality. Higher
scale stones are made out of clam
(white) and slate (black), with
boards made from a nutmeg tree.
Although mastering the art of Go
is a challenge, once the fundamen
tals are taught, it is simply a matter
of practice.
“You can learn on a basic level
very quickly, akin to studying a lan
guage,” Duff said.
A game of Go begins with the
placement of a black stone on the
board. Because the first move sets
the direction of play and black al
ways starts, the player of white
stones gets an advance in points,
called a “Komi.” The amount of
the Komi depends on the set of
rules you play by: Chinese, Japan
ese, or Ing.
Duff said most Americans play
by the Ing style, named after a Tai
wanese businessman who offered
$1 million to the first country to
adopt his rules of play. America
readily accepted the offer.
The money went to the Ameri
can Go Association, which then
pledged to match dollar for dollar
whatever clubs spend to attend Go
tournaments.
The game comes down to crunch
time when there is an “Atari,” and
only one move left until the player
loses. One false move can mean the
end if the player can't make any
more profitable moves.
To score, points are counted by
open spaces remaining. Whoever
has the most, wins. In professional
games, Duff said there is usually not
more than a 10-point difference.
Most amateur games last one
hour, but games in professional
tournaments can demand an eight
to-10-hour time commitment.
Although turnout at weekly
University Go meetings varies,
Duff said on average about 22 peo
ple attend. The group was just rec
ognized by the American Go Asso
ciation and is looking to attend a
local tournament. There are cur
Go Club
Meets 7 p.m. every Monday in the
Go: Theory and Practice, AAA
407/507
instructor. Stephen Duff
AAA 407 CRN 35934
AAA 507 CRN 35935
7-10 p.m. Mondays in 266 Lawrence
Pass/No Pass
rently three Oregon tournaments
and numerous others worldwide.
In top-ranking face-offs, the win
ner can go home with as much as
$400,000.
Duff said while Go may be seen
as just a game, for many, it has a
deeper meaning.
“Go has a rambling order like na
ture, with the repetition of angles
and harmony of forces in the envi
ronment,” he said. “It has a very
profound structure underneath.”
He added that in Korea, where the
University of Korea has an entire
department dedicated to Go, there
is a huge school movement to teach
children Go because it enforces
“discipline, pattern and order.”
“This is the only game comput
ers cannot master because there is
too much to it,” member Jacob Hen
ner said. “You can’t just brute force
your way through it.”
“I like the fact that it goes beyond
the possibility of the single mind to
capture the whole game,” graduate
student John Carter added.
This challenge is just what keeps
players hooked. Acres, Class of ’00,
admitted that while he was a stu
dent Go actually took the place of
education in his life for a term.
“I had been playing Go about
nine months and wanted to see
how many classes I could take
pass/no pass so I could have more
spare time to play Go,” he said.
Others see Go from more of a
philosophical standpoint.
“Go is very good for brain activi
ty and mental health,” visiting
scholar Dong Jin Son said. “Go is
the same as life; every stone is an al
ternative, but I have to chose one,
and then something is different.”
Go Club meetings are open to
anyone, and are held at 7 p.m.
Mondays in the Hearth Cafe, 266
Lawrence Hall.
E-mail reporter Robin Weber
at robinweber@dailyemerald.com.
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