Reference Section

Here you can find lots of stuff - the meat of the library. Feel free to add and/or edit as you please!

Table of contents Playing pages Cultural pages Links and index pages Meta pages

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Playing pages

Pages about how to play the game

• Starting a game
  • Rules Of Go - introductory - starting from nothing, learn most of the game and how to play, in a few minutes.
  • Pages For Beginners (see also: introductory pages by topic)
• Life and death
  • Corner Shapes - what is the status of standard shapes in the corner
  • Life and death - how do stones survive and how are they killed
  • Problems - (tsumego): think hard, solve well
  • Problems and exercises - index of problems on this site
• Technique and skill
  • Tesuji - Skillful Tactical Plays (examples)
  • Technique - theory and discussion
  • Shapes and connections - Keep it together
  • Haengma - the movement of the stones
  • Eyes Collection - There is more to eyes than meets the ...
  • Invasion itinerary - invading an enemy framework
• About the opening
  • Fuseki - (opening): everything about the opening
  • Joseki - (standard sequences): those pesky corner plays
  • Side patterns
• About the middle game
  • The middle game - when the going gets tough
  • Attack and defense
• About the endgame
  • Endgame - where each point counts
  • Counting and Scoring - determining who wins a game
• About strategy and tactics
  • Strategy
  • Tactics
    • Capturing race
    • Ko fights - don't be afraid of them
    • Give me liberties
  • Go Proverbs - Mostly they help, sometimes they just confuse..?
  • Good habits and bad habits - things every player should know
  • Problems and Exercises
• About studying the game
  • Study path
  • Teaching
  • Reference Games - Introduction to concepts via a game
  • Commented Professional Games
  • Big Question Mark - asking for help
  • Go problems from games - add your own game situations

Cultural pages

Pages regarding all about and around the game of Go

• The world of the pros
  • Go History - a brief History of Go
  • Names in Go - famous players, authors etc. See also: List of Korean Names, Professional Players' Go Styles
  • Professional tournaments - names of big tournaments, aka titles
  • Famous Go Games - how the pros do it
  • Stories
  • Who Was That Go Player... - Rack your brain in the Go MegaQuiz!

• About the Goban
  • Making your own equipment - ever dreamed of making your own equipment?
  • Unusual Gobans - as if normal Go isn't difficult enough
  • Variants - Playing Go, well, not entirely ...
  • Different Sized Boards - Playing Go on boards of various sizes

• Rules
  • Basic rules of Go
  • The rules
  • Handicap - Ratings, skill and how to compensate for the difference
  • Komi - to compensate for the first move

• Tournaments and Ratings
  • Events
  • Tournaments
  • Go Places - venues, clubs, tournament venues, ...
  • Match Types - Various ways of playing Go matches
  • Rank and Rating

• Computers
  • Computer Go
  • Go Programs - Go software
  • Go Servers
  • SGF Archives - Saved (and commented) games, tsumegos and joseki dictionaries

• Books and publications
  • Go Books - Books on and about Go
  • Go Journals
  • Hikaru no Go - the popular manga

• Terminology
  • Go Terms - definitions of common Go terms from Japanese and other languages.
  • English Go Terms - definitions of common English Go terms.
  • Chinese Go Terms - definitions of common Chinese Go terms.
  • Japanese Go Terms - definitions of common Japanese Go terms.
  • Korean Go Terms - definitions of common Korean Go terms.

• Forum-style pages, blogs..
  • Message board
  • Quick questions
  • The FAQ for the newsgroup rec.games.go - Just RT(F)M. Need we say more?
  • Go blogs - weblogs about Go

• Social Networks
  • Twitter

• Various thoughts, comments, notes about Go
  • Great Quotes for a variety of views and thoughts on Go
  • Fun Go Facts for tidbits of interesting information
  • Go Humour - anecdotes, funny stories, ...
  • Go Etiquette
  • Go and the rest of the world - how go relates to other areas
  • References To Go - the world wakes up to Go
  • MentalityPath

Links and index pages

• Link Collection - links to other Go resources
• Go Media - various links to electronic media such as pictures, bitmaps, sounds, etc ...
• Go Places - links to clubs, venues, ...
• Buying Equipment - links to shops
• Guided Tours - follow your guide through the library
• Copyright And License Issues - various discussions

Meta pages

Discussion about the nature of this web site: practical advice for navigating and editing, as well as some more philosophical issues.

• Sensei's Library - introduction to this site
• Wabi Sabi - aesthetics of a wiki site
• Frequently Asked Questions - currently (April 2009) work in progress
• How to Use Wiki - finding your way around and editing: links to lots of info
• Wiki Etiquette
• Understanding Wiki Pages
• Text Formatting Rules - the nuts and bolts of how to edit here
• Quick Questions
• Meta Discussion
• Future use of SL
• SL is not Wikipedia