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Go Art: Andrew Cole’s Game-Based Art

Novice go player and artist Andrew Cole designs images based on specific games of go. “Quiet Garden” (right) “was based on a game played by Todd Blatt and Jianbo Liu on 9/21/06,” Cole tells the E-Journal. “I found the game in the 2007 AGA Yearbook.” 

Another image, “1573” (at left) “is based on a game played by Kashio Rigen and Honinbo Sansa in 1573, with an interesting seki at the lower end of the board. This game was included with my SmartGo application.” Cole says that “this is a hobby for me. I love playing go, and this is a different way for me to enjoy the game when my skill level limits me.” You can find more of Cole’s images of go games on the moca.virtual.museum website: Point of Contention, 1786 and Korigatachi.