Go seems to be more focused on finding and controlling tactical positions.

So interesting the number of possibilities form a seemingly basic game. I found some calculations of the number of possible legal moves in a game on a 19x19 board at Sensei's Library, an affinity space for Go players. They report that there are 2.082 × 10^170 leagal moves, for me that is mind blowing.

Easy to learn; hard to master

I has thought Go was Japanese, thanks for the heads up.