Gess is a game that was invented by the Puzzles and Games Ring
of the Archimedeans Mathematics Society, the Mathematical
Society of Cambridge University. The rules were first published
in Volume 53 of Eureka, the journal of the Archimedeans, in an
article written by Paul Bolchover. It is an excellent board
game, entertaining, challenging, and fun. The name 'gess' comes
from two existing games - Go and chess. It is played on a Go
board with Go stones, but plays like chess. It is pronounced as
"guess". Yes, this is a long writeup. But once you understand
it, it's not difficult! Please read and be patient! It's worth
it! Starting the game The stones are placed inside the squares
of the Go board, instead of on the corners like for the game of
Go. The game always starts with the stones in a particular
pattern shown below. represents a black represents a white
represents an empty 19 .X.X.XXXXXXXX.X.X. 19 18
XXX.X.XXXX.X.X.XXX 18 17 .X.X.XXXXXXXX.X.X. 17 16
.................. 16 15 .................. 15 14 .X..X..X.