(board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Desired; desirable; of choice. / Reliable; likely to perform in difficult circumstances.

A person or thing that is one’s usual choice.

present participle of go / (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

A departure. / The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. / Progress. / (figuratively) Conditions for advancing in any way. / (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.

Likely to continue; viable. / Current, prevailing. / (especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.

Forms a present progressive tense with a future aspect. / Entails a past progressive action that preceded an ensuing occurrence or action in the past.

Not functioning properly. / Of a place, not to be entered.

Alternative form of no go

(idiomatic) Actively traveling; busy; moving often. / In progress; having started.