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Go Spotting: BGA's Go Celebs Listing

What do Pop Art sculptor Arman the Artist, sci-fi writer Ursula Le Guin and comedian Robin Williams have in common? They're all listed on “Celebrities who have played Go,” a fascinating page on the British Go Association's website. Arman the Artist's “obituary reported that he played a bit of Go in his apartment after retirement,” Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness “mentions Go in chapter 16” and Williams “is known to be a big player of games, including computer and role-playing games, and is known to have bought a Go board and stones.” Check out the page for go tidbits about other go-playing notables, including Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Alan Turing and more.