TIL there was a 3-day Go championship game ongoing in Hiroshima when the city was nuked. The building was damaged and several spectators were injured, but play resumed normally after lunch break and concluded later that day.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_go_games#Atomic_Bomb_Go_Game



Submitted February 19, 2015 at 05:53PM by Dtnoip30 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wf8p4/til_there_was_a_3day_go_championship_game_ongoing/