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.
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.
... it is more analogous to a war, while chess is analogous to a battle.