A great strategy game; With appreciably fewer 'draws' than {western} chess; By virtue, of a novel, game-rule; Which makes its mastery by computers.. at leasr, 8-to-10 years away; According to its foremost devotees.
.. What's more; It has never become, that popular, outside of Japan. There are various 'theories' as to why; But nothing, that 'stands out'!? {see below}.
 

 
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