While this comparison highlights that yes, there are very many possible Go games, it's really apples to oranges. The real comparison would be the number of pie

While this comparison highlights that yes, there are very many possible Go games, it's really apples to oranges. The real comparison would be the number of pieces on a Go board (19x19 = 361) compared to the number of atoms in the universe. And then to compare the number of possible board positions in Go, with the number of possible atom positions in the universe, and in this case I think the universe wins.....