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Link Collection Categories: General - Useful - Portals - Study - Computer - Teaching - Personal - other Wikis - Psychology - PlayingSites - Rules


[1] General

[ext] Go start for all
is the www.start4all.com concept brought to Go. It's the continuation of the Dutch Go Assiociation's link page. Maintained by Ger Hanssen.
[ext] FAQ for the newsgroup rec.games.go
General information about Go on and off the internet - a good place to start your search for more Go information.
[ext] Harry Fearnley's Main Go (Baduk, WeiQi/Wei-Ch'i, Igo) Page
Another comprehensive Go web index on the Internet.
[ext] Waller's Go/Baduk/Wieqi Books
We specialize in Korean Go Books with over 100 titles available, there are many Lee Chang Ho titles. A majority are in Korean text.
[ext] Pronounciation of Japanese Igo Terms
Pronunciation of about 200 Japanese go terms, in MP3 format.
[ext] Go: Life Itself
Very nice introductory article (history, philosphy, rules, ...)
[ext] French Go Links
Links from Belgium, France, Québec, Switzerland, U.S.A.,... At least a part of the website is in french.
[ext] Ken Warkentyne's index
the most comprehensive go web index on the net. The list has not been updated since May 2000 though and the go commmunity is anxiously waiting for Ken to reactivate his efforts. Recently he seems to have resurrected and to be busy cleaning up the old list. Dieter: I think this should not be listed first anymore. The site is obsolete by far.
[ext] Newsgroup rec.games.go
The usenet usegroup about go. Also accessible and searchable via [ext] google groups.

[2] Useful

[ext] SGF to Prinformat
Upload your SGF files here to produce printable diagrams of your games. Supports all board sizes and handicap stones, either black or white.
[ext] Go books in french
The Go books written in french, published in France and Québec. No books yet from Belgium, Swsitzerland,...

[3] Portals

[ext] Gobase.Org
Tons of tournament news, game records, articles, player biographies, go dictionaries, links and so on. Also offers a very educational replay feature where you can guess the next move in a professional game and get some feedback on how close to the right spot you are.
[ext] shy's go page
Lots of articles about Go, traditional Chinese only (BIG5 code). International games with chinese comments, such as Ing Cup, LG Cup.
[ext] Mind Sports Olympiad [ext] (MSO)
Has megabytes of info on chess, shogi, scrabble, etc., and of course [ext] go. Historical articles from John Fairbairn, lessons from Charles Matthews, old tournament reports, game records, biographic thumbnails of current pros, and more... it's a good thing. The news on international tournaments has been discontinued as of April 2001.
[ext] Momoyama go news
Information about the current events in the world of Big Title Go may be found out at Momoyama go news. Not updated since November 5th, 2003.
[ext] Mr. Kin's go news
Asian go news and topics since November 5th, 2003.
[ext] Go4Go
Another games database with the emphasis on Chinese professional Go. Some of the services are accessible only through payment.
[ext] China Weiqi Net
A portal in Chinese language.
[ext] Go-News
A news site to which readers can submit news. Not a wiki.

[4] Study

[ext] Go Teaching Ladder
have your own games commented (see GoTeachingLadder for more info)
[ext] Tsume-Flash
A Flash frontend for a growing database of Go Problems. Complete with an attractive playing interface, the ability to add/edit problems, and quick access to all problems through a sorted index. Come take a look.Requires Flash Player 6, and currently doesn't work without Internet Explorer. SiouxDenim:link seems to be dead, with nothing similar anywhere on the linked site.
On Yi Ch'ang-ho's website - [ext] Java applet with Life and death problems
You can use the java applet and try to solve the problems even without understanding korean. Select a problem on the list and click on the first button to the left for starting. When you think you have found the solution, click on the board and if the stone appears, you have found the correct move. If you can't find it, click on the third button.
[ext] Daily Yomiuri
A large (230) collection of columns about Go. The level varies from absolute beginner to intermediate. Mostly with problems. Especially check the links at the bottom for the older articles (they're currently explaining the EndGame and MutualDamage)
[ext] uliGo
A program to practice solving life&death and tesuji problems. Some problems are available; you can also use your own problems (in SGF format).
[ext] kombilo
Kombilo can search for (both wholeboard or smaller) patterns in the .sgf-game collections you have on your hard disk. Very useful for studying, or just to browse throught your game collection looking for an interesting fuseki. It has also been discussed here on SL.
[ext] GoProblems.com
More than 1000 well organized life-and-death, joseki, fuseki, endgame, etc. problems for you to solve, and you can contribute your own stumpers. Uses java.
[ext] Samarkand GameBase
Janice Kim says "These games are the ones that I myself review and are focused on Korean internal matches and international professional games." Uses java; has a few known technical glitches. TakeNGive's criticism: the games lack date information / event information. ([ext] skip Janice's introduction)
[ext] Friday Night Files of Jan van Rongen
1400 games of Cho Chikun; 150 games of Yamashita Keigo; 100 Hikaru no Go related games and other study material.
[ext] Fuseki Info
Online version of the BiGo Assistant Profi - professional Go games database (more than 28,000 games). Contains game records, game lists, fuseki and joseki trees.

[5] Computer Go

[ext] Michael Reiss' page
probably the best informed and most recently updated list of computer go resources. (18 May 2002).
[ext] The Computer Go Ladder
[ext] Computer Go Bibliography
[ext] OpenGo
A workbench for programmers interested in the challenges of writing smart go opponents. Includes some built-in Go opponents for users to play, and has support for pipe and modem players.
[ext] Intelligent Go Foundation
The Intelligent Go Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of computer go.
[ext] SmartGo
A Go-playing program and SGF editor. The web site includes information on [ext] computer Go and on [ext] SmartGo implementation details.
[ext] David Mechner's page
[ext] The Burmeister-Wiles article

See also Go Playing Programs and Computer Go

[6] Teaching

[ext] How to play Go
Download/view leaflet for complete beginners on how to play Go.
[ext] How To Play Go
Another tutorial for beginners.
[ext] Interactive Way to Go
Interactive Java tutorial, begins at the "50 kyu" level; available in many languages, including Esperanto.

[7] Personal

[ext] The Art of Go
A small collection of digital art (made by Scartol) relating to Go.
[ext] The Goban
A forum (message board) created by Hikaru79 in 2004. Contains boards made for talking about go strategy, recent events, games, and just general chatter. Only about 34 members so far, it still has a long way to go.

[8] Other Wikis (see also GoWikiWiki)

[ext] Sensei's Tournament Library
A European Go Congress Organisers Handbook
Tour Bus Stop
Visit other wikis (not necessarily related to Go)
Wiki Node

[9] Psychology

References and comments on psychological work related to Go.

[10] WWW sites to play Go

Links to such websites

[ext] Kurnik
Polish webpage dedicated to games and go in particular.

[11] Rules

[ext] Go (Weiqi, Baduk) Rules: Rules, Commentaries, Examples, etc.



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