Secrets of Korean Medicine, Part 25: The Game of Go and Mental Health

Secrets of Korean Medicine, Part 25: The Game of Go and Mental Health
"Go" teacher Jo Gyung-Ho (R) plays against Japanese student Mori Chisaki at the Lee Se-Dol School for "Go" in Seoul, Korea, on March 18. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images
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The historic match between the artificial intelligence Alpha-Go (of Google) and Lee Se-dol of the ninth-dan rank of Korea held in March 2016 was concluded with Alpha-Go winning four of the five games played. Although this match received a great deal of attention throughout the world, I am offering this special article related to Baduk (the Korean name for the board game Go) and mental health.

As a lover of Baduk, or Go, I watched the match with intense interest.