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1. Wikipedia: Go (game)
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The earliest written reference to the game is generally recognized as the historical annal Zuo Zhuan (c. 4th century BCE), referring to a historical event of 548 BCE.
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Are Othello and Reversi treated as the same game in this atlas?
No. Othello, a trademarked 20th-century commercialization of the older Reversi, is recorded as a distinct entity alongside it.
Space and Territory Games covers games scored by controlling territory on the board, such as Go, Othello and Reversi. Othello is the trademarked 20th-century commercialization of the 19th-century game Reversi, and both are recorded here as distinct entities under the same family rather than one superseding the other.