Life In 19x19

This is a bit ambiguous. Could you be more specific:
Are you reading the original Japanese manga in Japanese, or a version translated into English?
Did the character say (a) "chess" (with Rooks and Pawns), or (b) "shogi", or (c) something else ?

In other words, if you are reading an English ...

Is that the Atom Bomb game?

No it's not. The players are a chairman of the village and his friend. All thats said about it is, "How about another game?" Then after, "That chess game lasted longer than expected." He said "chess" but it was definitely a goban and a go stone. Looking at it again ...

I'm currently reading a cartoon story called Barefoot Gen. It's a tragic story about a poor boy and his family living in Japan during the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing.
Early on, there is a scene with some officials playing go. The board is very simply drawn though, (maybe 9x6) with only one ...

At my local club, we actually use "komi pie" almost every game.
Except we call it "auction komi."

First we do nigiri, then the winner chooses if they want to bid or choose the color.
It seems to work great for us and I find it enjoyable. To our knowledge, we haven't encountered any problems.
There ...