{"id":15719,"date":"2012-03-15T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=15719"},"modified":"2012-03-15T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T16:59:17","slug":"brock-student-club-on-the-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2012\/03\/brock-student-club-on-the-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock student club on the Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brock University Go Club is in the big leagues.<\/p>\n

The student club, with strong ties to the community, recently joined the exclusive American Collegiate Go Association<\/a> and is competing against rival schools like MIT, Princeton and Rutgers University.<\/p>\n

The Brock club recently played their first game as part of the new league on March 3 and defeated Cornell University 3:2.<\/p>\n

What is Go<\/a>? It is an ancient game of strategy developed in China more than 4,000 years ago. The rules of the game are simple and can be learned in 10 minutes. But the depth and complexity of the game and possible player tactics are endless.<\/p>\n

\"Brock

Brock Go Club members go head to head at their weekly Wednesday meeting<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cGo is a mix between chess, Othello and war,\u201d says Justin Grossman, President of the Brock Go Club. \u201cThe goal of the game is to create areas of empty space that you control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grossman, an Interactive Arts and Science student who taught 300 people how to play Go at this year\u2019s O-Week club fair, notes that they only had three days to prepare for their inaugural game in the Ivy League of Go.<\/p>\n

\u201cWolf told me just a few days before the first match \u2018hey, we are in this tournament, get people\u2019,\u201d says Grossman. \u201cWe scrambled to pull ourselves together and managed to pull off a victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas Wolf, a professor of mathematics at Brock who initiated the Go Club at Brock<\/a> in 2006, has been instrumental in facilitating the growth and development of the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifferent members of the club have different strengths,\u201d says Wolf. \u201cSome of us are good organizers, others are good at attracting new members, and others are good players and teachers. Together we are strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under Wolf\u2019s guidance, the Brock Go Club participates in various tournaments and leagues throughout the year. He also publishes research articles on mathematics and Go and has attracted international scholars and players to teach at the University.<\/p>\n

The Brock Go Club\u2019s next competition as part of the Collegiate Association takes place March 17 against the University of Maryland. After that, their last two games of the season will take place on March 31 and April 14.<\/p>\n

The Brock Go Club is a community club and is open to players of all ages at Brock and in Niagara. They meet every Wednesday at 5 p.m. in MCJ434.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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