“means "to gamble" in Modern Chinese, and "to play Go; to play chess" in Classical Chinese (wiktionary:博弈, wiktionary:博奕). It is translated as "gamesters and chess players" (Legge 1861), "play at chequers" (Lyall 1909), and "checker or chess players" (Soothill 1910).”

Source: Wikiquote