As part of the effort to spread the
game of Go
Go is an abstract strategy game, abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board gam ...
throughout the world, several Go centers were founded in the United States, Europe and South America. A large part of the required funds was contributed by the Iwamoto Foundation. This foundation was founded by
Iwamoto Kaoru
,
also known as Honinbo Kunwa, was a Japanese professional Go player and writer who achieved the rank of 9-dan.
Biography
Iwamoto was born in Masuda of the Shimane Prefecture, Japan. During his childhood he spent several years in Busan, Korea ...
(1902–1999), donating 530 million yen from his own means.
Recently a Korean project established a Go Centre in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, Hungary.
References
External links
Local centers
Seattle go centerSão Paulo go centerAmsterdam go centerLondon go centerNew York go center(1995 - 2010)
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