The GameOfGo has a rich PatternLanguage of its own.

* AjiKeshi
* GoProverb
* EzGo (a whole GoPatternLanguage tuned to western ears)
* PlayToDraw
* GoWhereYouAreAfraid
* WuWei
* HaloEffect (in Go: ''thickness'')
* AikidoPattern

Many many more at SenseisLibrary.

Compare PatternsInChess, GamesVsPatterns
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I think of DesignPatterns being the "shape" of software in the same way that configurations of stones are the "shape" of GameOfGo. See http://senseis.xmp.net/?Shape. -- KarlKnechtel
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