Re: computer-go: Number of Go players in the world

[Marco Scheurer <marco@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 11:34 AM, Måns Ullerstam wrote:
> Is there anyone who has any figures on the number of Go players in the
> world.
The best answer I found to this question is 27 millions. Details at:
http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/special/census.html

> How is it compared to Chess? I also wonder if the number of
> players are decreasing or increasing. I get the feeling that the number
> of young players are decreasing rapidly in both Japan and Korea. In
> favor of computer games I guess. I am going to Japan this fall and I
> have heard that the normal Japanese hardly knows about Go anymore, or
> sees it as something strange and traditional that their grandfather
> might play. Is this true?
However I've heard that the popularity of the Hikaru no Go manga is 
reversing that trend.
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/nations/0,8782,132162,00.html

Marco Scheurer
Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland    http://www.sente.ch