I forget the original story and too lazy to check, but in the live action version the Hand of God is not actually a specific move during a game of Go between the 2 players.
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Watching the 2020 live action version of Hikaru no Go which is based on the popular anime series many years ago. An ancient Go master Sai re-emerges in modern times as a spirit that teaches Hikaru how to play Go. Sai is searching for the "Hand of God" or "Divine Move"
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When Sai plays against the number #1 ranked player Koyo, Sai wins. In the post analysis however Hikaru finds a moves that allows Koyo to win. The "Divine Move" then reveals itself. It's the moment that Sai realizes that Hikaru is his spiritual successor.
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More abstractly, these sorts of "Divine Moments" are actual specific moments. But they are always *outside* the game. Hikaru was playing for Sai (since Sai is a ghost) and so was part of the whole game but also an outsider, outside the ideas of winning/losing.
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The Divine Moment is the realization that "I will live on, I am no longer needed."
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The moment the finite game ends is the moment the infinite game reveals itself.
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