Re: Promoting Go in the USA

Frank de Groot schreef:
"Rich" <rlancashire@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

The main problem, I think, is exposure. Look at the Hikaru effect - as
soon as people hear about the game, see something of its simplicity and
complexity, they get interested.

I got interested in Go only because it was said to be harder than Chess.

I didn't think you played Go?

I would certainly agree, one of the very best ways to attract
programmers to the challenge of writing great go software would be to
point out that chess has already been more or less cracked by brute
force and that computer Go is still at a moderately weak amateur level.


However, attracting chess players to a go club, I would hold, requires
somewhat less confrontational tactics.

Not every potential Go player is turned on by a children's cartoon.

I didn't say it was; only that the most successful advert in recent
years happened to be such.

Regards
Rich

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