{"product_id":"9781518689598","title":"The Game of Go: Illustrated","description":"The Game of Go by Arthur Smith, first published in 1908. This book is intended as a practical guide to the game of Go. \u003cp\u003eIt is especially designed to assist students of the game who have acquired a smattering of it in some way and who wish to investigate it further at their leisure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo (Chinese: weiqi, Japanese: igo, Korean: baduk, Vietnamese: common meaning: \"encircling game\") is a board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,500 years ago. The game is noted for being rich in strategy despite its relatively simple rules. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to chess master Emanuel Lasker: \"The rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe, they almost certainly play Go.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057065804016,"sku":"9781518689598","price":8.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781518689598_p0.jpg?v=1763729348","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781518689598","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}