Pages for Beginners
There is much material for beginners at Go. The selection below is a good way to start.
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Basics
If you don't know how to play, Rules of Go - introductory will tell you everything you need to know.
- Rules of go - second tutorial covers non-essential rules information.
- Beginner Study Section
- Introduction to Life and Death
- Learn the common go terms from A to Z
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Interesting Go information
So you've heard of this game, but do you really want to invest the time to learn it? What do others think about it around the world?
- Fun Go Facts: tidbits of fun info
- Great Quotes: thoughts to show the depth and prestige of Go
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Strategy and Tactics
- Basic tactics: ladder and net, the empty triangle is bad
- Get to know some tesuji
- Preventing escape on the first line
- Basic instinct
- About the opening and general opening principles
- Start thinking about how to attack
- How stones help each other: About Influence
- Basic Close Patterns
- Haeng-Ma Tutorial for beginners
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Study and Exercises
- Study
- Exercises
- Beginner Exercises on the concepts of life and death.
- Some Fuseki Exercises for Beginners
- Snapback Workshop
- More problems and exercises (though not all beginner level)
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Etiquette
- How to hold and play a go stone
- Some Good Habits and some Bad Habits
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Handicap
- You'll play lots of handicap games. Maybe the Ten Commandments Of Handicap Go will help.
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Miscellaneous
- Introductory Pages By Topic
- Teach yourself Go
- Dealing with Beginner Frustrations
- Strategy for beginners - 4 questions: four easy questions to help you decide on your next move.
- Learn Go The Easy Way is a step by step Go course for beginners.
- The Interactive Way To Go is a tutorial for beginner players.
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Personal articles
- Scartol/Continuum of security
- Geno/What to begin with
- CBlue's Elementary Course - For beginners to perhaps 15 kyu.