Go And Mahjong Of Geopolitics
Leonid Savin- It’s crucial to understand that this is representative of a single battle, not a war, since chess mirrors a single battle.
Tackling problems quickly and proactively requires a complex way of thinking.
It’s now common to use chess words in global politics. “The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives” by Zbigniew Brzezinski has contributed to this trend. Chess’ reputation as an intelligent game worldwide is discussed in Mr. Brzezinski’s work concerning USA hegemony and the imperative to sustain it.
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That is because in the West people are more familiar with chess. That is not the case in the East. There are many more players and professional players of Go than chess in the world.
Chess teaches you to think conditionally, hypothetically:(if that, and if this...).
Go teaches the same, but also to balance that intensive thinking with extensive thinking: "how is this affecting the bigger picture"?
It is useful in schools for teaching children to think; and is said to have influenced Japanese war strategy.