I am 7D in Go and 1000 elo in Chess, obviously I play more Go. I don't agree with the view that Go lacks balance.
Some people think that Go is unbalanced because the number of intersections in Go is not an even number, but this is considered from the beginning of Go's design to avoid draws, it does not need to be designed as a 20-way board. In addition, Go is not completely free of draws, and Ko in Go is a way of drawing. Like all board games, the first move has a great advantage, which is especially obvious in chess. According to the software statistics, the first mover will gain an advantage of 0.2 pawns, but in Go, the first move advantage is replaced by 6.5 points, which makes the opening stage closer while being able to determine the winner.
Go is a strategic art, and chess is a tactical art. I can clearly feel the differences and similarities in the forms of these two board games. Why we should pay more attention to the form of the game rather than the difficulty is that the size of the board and the number of pieces can be adjusted, and people standardizing it does not mean that it represents its form. For example, there are still 4-way, 9-way and 13-way boards in Go, and there are freestyle chess, double chess and more in chess. Some of these game variants have disappeared in history, and some have become less popular, which proves which way of thinking is more suitable for us.
Go is a game that has been difficult for AI to master even with brute force calculations for a long time, but humans can master it, which proves the superiority of human abstract thinking. I think people need both ways of thinking.
go is much better than chess chess is stupid
Honestly never heard of go, unless its the verb to go somewhere lol