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Go is a fantastic game. It's also a great analogy of the eastern philosophy with its emphasis on balance and long-term strategic vision.

That's what I really like about Go. You always need to balance short-term greed and captures against vision.

There is also the balance between keeping your groups strong and claiming a lot of territory.

Exactly. I generally find that when I am over zealous when playing I tend to lose.

I find it similar to what I learned from practicing softer martial arts: the person that becomes tense/rigid loses.

Yeah. Cheng Man-ch'ing. "Invest in loss."