This is probably because Go requires long range strategic planning with an immense number of variations. This is the situation in freely placing chess pieces prior to game moves.
http://www.silcom.com/~barnowl/chess-clp.htm

... Pay by Check here don't forget Item Number Millennium Chess Set of 64 Pieces and Regular Set of 32 Piece Sets Wood Chess Sets ...
http://millenniumchess.com

Number 2103 - 4 1/2 inch King Pirate Chess Pieces w 9 inch wooden Box
http://www.bay-mall.net/stores/Chess/2103.html

Number 2115H - Cats & Dogs Chess Pieces. Number 2115H - Cats & Dogs Chess Pieces
http://www.bay-mall.net/stores/Chess/2115H.html

Chess sets for chess players, scholastic chess, parents, educators, homes and businesses. Giant chess sets, quality chess equipment, electronic chess sets, theme chess sets, and ...
http://www.chesshouse.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=E051&PhotoNumber=2

If you were to fully develop the entire tree for all possible chess moves, the total number of ... The simplest possible function might just count the number of pieces each side has.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/chess1.htm

F or clubs and schools who normally buy a number of plastic chess pieces, the hand carved nature of our wooden chess sets may present a budget problem.
http://www.chessbaron.co.uk/clubs_schools.php

Unfortunately, they are in a rather limited number mainly for two ... Mozarab chess pieces. Ivory. First Chess piece known in Europe
http://history.chess.free.fr/findings.htm

In endgame number of pieces on the board is mostly smaller as well number of possible variants is smaller. L et's now to count complete amount of chess variants.
http://www.geocities.com/explorer127pl/szachy.html

A pawn, rook, king, queen, bishop and knight -- a complete set of chess pieces. ... Product Number: 32193191
http://www.cafepress.com/chessopolisshop.32193191

A pawn, rook, king, queen, bishop and knight -- a complete set of chess pieces. ... Product Number: 5082890
http://www.cafepress.com/chessopolisshop.5082890

Chess board zips shut to form pouch which holds chess pieces} Patent number: 2667353 Filing date: Nov 7, 1950 Issue date: Jan 1954 Inventor: Theodore B.
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ab-chess&tid=3094

board will perfectly fit the size of your 3 1/4" themed chess pieces. ... To get a closer look at any of the Chess Products and to find out the model number, price, etc,
http://www.hawleys.com/ChessProducts/ChessPieces.htm

There are also pages for chess clocks, wooden chess pieces and wooden chess boards. ... Number One
http://www.wooden-chesssets.co.uk/

Each player has 6 different types of chess pieces: there are 8 pawns, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 ... And just in case things weren't complicated enough, each rank has a number and each ...
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/chess/chess.html

Internet Fax To Email - Unlimited. Unlimited Faxes, No Fees, Dedicated Phone Number ... It uses standard Chess pieces but is played on a circular board.
http://www.ochess.com/

Type the desired number if you want more than 1 (but not over 99). MAGNETIC Chess on Beveled Base - Elegant chess pieces with 6 1/4 inch board sit atop a beveled base.
http://www.greathallgames.com/achess/achess.html

If you know the name of your set or its stock number with Chess House, you can provide a list of the pieces you need and we will attempt to fulfill your request.
http://www.chesshouse.com/chess_pieces_s/150.htm

The number of chess games that end in exactly moves (including games that mate in fewer ... What is the smallest number of pieces needed to occupy or attack every square?
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chess.html

Problem of the Month (July 2006) In the chess literature, the problem of placing the minimum number of pieces to attack every square of the chessboard is well known.
http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/mathmagic/0706.html

Chess Pieces come in a number of different woods. Whether your interest is in rare Ebony or Crimson Rosewood chess pieces, or affordable Ebonized chess pieces, we have staunton ...
http://www.chessusa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=YMCG&Category_Code=CP

Some chess variants use different number of pieces for white and black. All pieces in these games are standard chess pieces, there are no fairy chess pieces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_variant

TOURNAMENT CHESS Plastic tournament pieces are widely used in tournaments, clubs, and schools. ... Type the desired number if you want more than 1 (but not over 99). Unweighted ...
http://www.greathallgames.com/achess/achessT.html

... Server's Ukiyo-e Museum includes images of 6 hilarious fantasies* by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), picturing living chess pieces being moved about a sho-gi board. Note: the number ...
http://www.stmoroky.com/games/chess/chess.htm

... to the most ancient of preliterate societies, chess-like pieces ... players (forward, backward, left or right) any number ...
http://www.chess-strategies.net/chess-pieces.htm

Asian & Oriental Theme Chess Pieces. From the Mongol hordes to honorable samurai and chinese emporers, there are a number of Asian theme chess Pieces.
http://www.chessusa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=YMCG&Category_Code=FCP

Description of chess pieces, their legal moves and relative values ... The Queen can move any number of squares diagonally and also in ...
http://www.gamecolony.com/chesspieces.html

Description of chess pieces, their legal moves and relative values ... The Queen can move any number of squares diagonally and also in horizontal and ...
http://www.gamecolony.com/chesspieces.shtml

Chess-Num Puzzles. Six chess pieces (one each of king, queen , rook, bishop, knight, and pawn) are hiding in each of the grids below. Each numbered square show how many times that ...
http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/chessnum/