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/CGO

/F1
/CDo you want to learn a very old game?
/F2
/CGO

/F1/CGO has several advantages as a game for the amateur.

Its rules are extremely simple and easy to learn.

GO is a two-person game requiring the minimum of equipment.  It can
even be played with a pencil on a cross-hatched sheet of paper.

GO possesses a simple handicap system that allows players of quite
different skills to play each other on an equal basis.  The game will
then still be very interesting to both players.

GO is extremely challenging and one can spend as much time as one
wants in studying the game and in improving one's playing ability.

/F2/CGO
/F3
/CGO originated in China many centuries B.C. and there are records of
/Ccomplete games that were played circa 400 A.D..  GO eventually got
/Cto Japan where the game is still extremely popular. It has recently
/Cattracted many devotees in the United States.  Checker- and Chess-
/Cplayers who learn the game usually prefer GO to their former game.
 
/F2/CGO

/F1
/CA class in GO will be established if there is enough interest.

/F2
/CGO
/F1
/CDo you want to GO?

/F2/CGO