is Go a technically harder game then chess

I hear that the chinese game "Go" is a much more challenging, and harder game to master then chess... is this true? 

There are definitely more variables but I personally think it's alot more strategical rather than tactical. In chess you can lose a game through a blunder but in Go you can come back from making a tactical mistake. Mastery is all dependant on the player rather than the game itself. That goes for pretty much anything. (Learning an instrument, math, etc) Similarly, challenging is subjective and cannot really be measured. 

Yes, Go has an exponential amount of more possible positions than Chess and is thus inheritently more complex (tougher).

Computers barely have the capability of playing Go at a club level, let alone at a professional level.  Contrasted with chess where computers are now our daddy.  That alone should tell you everything you need to know.

That being said, I enjoy playing chess a lot more.

Don't ask me! - I don't know what go is!

Yes. Especially when you play a hungry opponent and use m&m's for the pieces. Eventually you just get frustrated.

The only conclusion I've come to with this debate is that if you're a good player in one and not the other you will consider the game you're better at to be harder. And if you are not good at either game you will consider Go harder simply on basis that it is more mathematically complex and that computers play better than human in most positions. I, however, do not consider these to be good indicators of difficulty level.

And no I would not like to debate this topic. It is very long-winded, subjective, and ultimately a giant waste of time. I would, however, be interested in hearing the opinion of a person who is both a chess and go professional, but that person probably doesn't exist haha.

This hasn't been true for a number of years now.

AlphaGo!

Yes, Go is a technically harder game than Chess.
However AlphaGo has beaten Lee Sedol.

It is a geo-political game that looks just like the trench warfare of World War I..

@superking500

Go is a technically more sophisticated game. But for drama, nothing beats chess. It's in all the movies. X-Men for example.

I'm not good, but not bad at either. I play both and find Go harder, because I haven't played it as much.

You can play Go in emulation in the prototype program.

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/go-simulator-2hq

No because the patterns will fit into types.

There is a movie called "The Match". The movie is about Go.

widely considered more complex than chess
 due to its massive search space ( 10170
10170
 possible positions vs. 1044
1044
 in chess) and a 19x19 board that allows greater strategic depth, requiring more intuitive and creative thinking. While chess is more tactical, Go is generally harder to master, with AI, such as AlphaGo, only surpassing human level in 2016, nearly two decades after chess AI.

Short answer: No, that's subjective. Long answer: No, because considering something to be hard is subjective. One person might be a genius at math, and be unable to pronounce or spell the most basic words of their language. While another person may be the exact opposite. It can also depend on which you are introduced first, vision-which would be especially relevant on such a large board-or other things like your abilities to plan ahead.

yeah

I applaud your effort