Congratulations to the 5th year student of FICS of NTUU "KPI" Artem Kachanovsky for winning a bronze medal at the 34th World Amateur Go Championship (Japanese checkers), which was held from August, 31to September, 4 in the city of Sendai (Japan).
The championship was attended by representatives of 56 countries from all continents. Until recently, all the prizes in such championships were held only by the representatives of Asian countries, and the student of Kiev Polytechnic this year broke the tradition for the first time!
Go - traditional strategy board game originated in ancient China between 2000 and 200 B.C. Until the XIX century it was cultivated only in Asia, in the XX century, it started to spread around the world. The total number of fans shows that it is one of the most popular board games in the world. Besides, this game is among the five basic disciplines of the World Mind Games.