X's and O's board

The first player to connect three Xs or three Os, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally is the victor. Xs and Os can be played on a piece of paper, on a frosted or dirty window, or on the sand at the beach.

Xs and Os is played nearly everywhere in the world at some time or other by boys and girls and is similar to Japanese Go, in that the board starts empty and pieces are added as the game continues.

Traditional chess on the other hand starts with a full board and the pieces are subtracted. Shogi (Japanese Chess) pieces are always available for play i.e., either on the board itself or in a reserve base.