About The Game of Weiqi

Having developed in China between 3,000 and 4,000 years ago, Go (called 'Weiqi' in China and 'Baduk' in Korea) contends with backgammon for the right to be called the oldest game still played in its original form. Today it is played by millions in Asia and thousands elsewhere.

Weiqi is an intellectual but fun game. It is much more complex than the Chinese Chess, thus usually takes quite long to finish a game. A game of Weiqi can take as quick as 15 minutes and as long as days to finish.

Weiqi helps to improve one's concentration, calculation, memory and creativity. It develops one's systematic thinking skill and develop a good sense of judgement.

How to play Weiqi?

The game of Weiqi is played on a board as shown in the figure on the right. The Weiqi set comprises of the board, together with 180 black and white stones each. Figure 1 shows the standard 19x19 board (i.e. the board has 19 lines by 19 lines), but there are 13x13 and 9x9 boards in play. However, the 9x9 and 13x13 boards are usually for beginners; more advanced players would prefer the traditional 19x19 board.

Compared to International Chess and Chinese Chess, Weiqi has far fewer rules. Yet this allowed for all sorts of moves to be played, so Weiqi can be a more intellectually challenging game than the other two types of Chess. Nonetheless, Weiqi is not a difficult game to learn, so have a fun time playing the game with your friends.

For the continuation on how to play Weiqi, please click on the following link:

http://www.weiqi.org.sg/english/howtoplay.asp

(Courtesy of Singapore Weiqi Association)

How to improve in playing Weiqi?

To improve in playing Weiqi, the most important thing to do is to PLAY MORE!

Below are some tips to guide you when you play Weiqi:

1) When you play a game, concentrate and focus on your game

2) Recall and record a game after you play (whether you have won or lost) and find out where your mistakes are

3) Try to go through the game you have played with your opponent and spot each other's mistakes

To play weiqi, you can go to the Singapore Weiqi Association to look for players. There are more players on Saturday and Sunday afternoons where you have no worries of not finding anyone. If you are free, you can always play online too!

You can also read up on weiqi books and go through game records of professional players.

http://www.weiqi.org.sg/english/howtoimprove.asp

(Courtesy of Singapore Weiqi Association)

Shoutan Cup Weiqi Competition 2008

Organized by Singapore Weiqi Association and Nan Chiau High School, the competition was held on Saturday, 17 May 2008 at Nan Chiau High School.

The boys did Hong Wen School proud by clinching the Top 2 places in 3 different Categories. Congratulations to all winners and participants!

RESULTS:
Jin Xing Lai- 2nd in Group A (Open Category)
Ho Fei Yang- 1st in Group F (Primary 1 Category)
Ho Fei Yang, Kan Shao En Sean & Chong Ke Lin Mark- 2nd in Group A (Open Category)

Ma Kuang Cup National Youth Weiqi Championship 2008

The competition was held on 15 and 16 March 2008 at Tampines West Community Club. Keep up the spirit of competition!

RESULTS:Jin Xing Lai - 4th in Under 15 Group
Chen Jing Xiang - 10th in Under 10 Group
Chen Xiang Yu - 11th in Under 10 Group
Ho Fei Yang - 3rd in Under 9 Group
Ang Swee Chow - 7th in Under 9 Group
Ho Fei Yang, Ang Swee Chow & Gan Yap Bin - 2nd in Under 9 Group