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====Players and equipment==== * [[#Players|Rule 1]].<ref>[https://sentego.net/how-to-play-go/ Official AGA Rules of Go], Rule 1: "The two sides [are] known as ''Black'' and ''White''[...]"</ref> '''Players:''' Go is a game between two players, called Black and White. * [[#Board|Rule 2]].<ref>[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wjh/go/rules/AGA.html Official AGA Rules of Go], Rule 1: "Go is a game of strategy between two sides usually played on a 19x19 grid (the ''board'')."</ref> '''Board:''' Go is played on a plain grid of 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines, called a ''board''. ** [[#Board|Definition]]. '''("Intersection")''' A point on the board where a horizontal line meets a vertical line is called an ''intersection''. * [[#Stones|Rule 3]].<ref>[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wjh/go/rules/AGA.html Official AGA Rules of Go], Rule 1: "The two sides, known as ''Black'' and ''White'', are each provided with an adequate supply of playing tokens, known as ''stones'', of the appropriate color."</ref><ref>[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wjh/go/rules/Chinese.html Rules of Go], Section 1.2 "Lens-shaped black and white stones are used. The number of stones is preferably 180 of each color. "</ref> '''Stones:''' Go is played with playing tokens known as ''stones''. Each player has at their disposal an adequate supply (usually 180) of stones of the same color.
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