perm filename GO[11,ALS] blob sn#065556 filedate 1973-10-08 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
00100	//M0SIGN57;/M1BDR40;/M2XMAS25;/M3BDJ25;/.
00200	/←=250;/←L
00300	/F0
00400	/CGO
00500	
00700	/F1
00800	/CDo you want to learn a very old game?
01000	/F2
01100	/CGO
01200	
01300	/F1/CGO has several advantages as a game for the amateur.
01350	
01400	Its rules are extremely simple and easy to learn.
01500	
01550	GO is a two-person game requiring the minimum of equipment.  It can
01560	even be played with a pencil on a cross-hatched sheet of paper.
01580	
01600	GO possesses a simple handicap system that allows players of quite
01700	different skills to play each other on an equal basis.  The game will
01800	then still be very interesting to both players.
01900	
02000	GO is extremely challenging and one can spend as much time as one
02100	wants in studying the game and in improving one's playing ability.
02200	
02700	/F2/CGO
03000	/F3
03100	/CGO originated in China many centuries B.C. and there are records of
03200	/Ccomplete games that were played circa 400 A.D..  GO eventually got
03300	/Cto Japan where the game is still extremely popular. It has recently
03400	/Cattracted many devotees in the United States.  Checker- and Chess-
03500	/Cplayers who learn the game usually prefer GO to their former game.
03700	 
03800	/F2/CGO
03900	
04000	/F1
04100	/CA class in GO will be established if there is enough interest.
04200	
04300	/F2
04400	/CGO
04600	/F1
04700	/CDo you want to GO?
04800	
04900	/F2/CGO