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
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