adapted to the playing of variants of the game of go on a plain unmarked surface by laying pieces down contiguously each piece has means for picking it up when it is surrounded by other pieces as by having a central hole into which the stick like handle may be temporarily inserted dual pieces each shaped as two single pieces of opposite colors joined together along a common side are also provided application_number US 60425075 A description fig1 is a perspective view of a hexagonal game piece according to the invention fig2 is a section on line ii ii of fig1 also showing a handle fig7 is a sectional perspective view of a large piece with a finger hole fig8 is a side view partly cutaway of a modification of a handle fig9 is a top view of another form of dual piece in fig1 the hexagonal game piece 20 has a central hole 21 actually it is shaped generally as a short hexagonal prism in the section of fig2 a handle 17 is shown which may be inserted into the hole 21 to pick up the piece 20 the piece 20 may be thinner in the central portion than at the rim portion as shown the opposite sides may be differently colored e g side 23 white and side 22 black so that all the pieces of an entire game set.