The contest involved go (or wei-ch'i in Chinese), a game of encirclement played with black and white pieces, called "stones," on a 19- by 19-line board, which Man has been playing for thousands of years. The computer only came into existence 30-some years ago, not to mention its learning to play go.
競賽方式是下圍棋，這套遊戲規則人類已玩了幾千年，電腦誕生迄今不過卅歲，更別提接觸圍棋的時間了。