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Table of contents |
Playing pages
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
- Introduction to Life and Death
- Common Corner Shapes - what is the status of standard shapes in the corner
- Problems and exercises - index of problems on this site
Technique and skill
- Tesuji - Skillful Tactical Plays (examples)
- Shape Collection - All about shape
- Connecting techniques - Keep them together
- Cutting techniques - Keep them apart
- 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, middle game and endgame
- Fuseki - (opening): everything about the opening
- Joseki - (standard sequences): those pesky corner plays
- Side patterns'
- Attack and defense
- Counting and Scoring - determining who wins a game
About tactics and strategy
- 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
About studying the game
- Teaching and improvement
- Commented Professional Games
- Big Question Mark - asking for help
- Go problems from games - add your own game situations
Cultural pages
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
About the Goban
- Making your own equipment - ever dreamed of making your own equipment?
- Unusual Gobans - as if normal Go isn't difficult enough
- Different Sized Boards - Playing Go on boards of various sizes
Rules
- Basic rules of Go
- Handicap - Ratings, skill and how to compensate for the difference
- Komi - to compensate for the first move
- Variants - Playing Go, well, not entirely ...
Tournaments and Ratings
- Events
- 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
- Japanese Go Terms
- Korean Go Terms
Forum-style pages, blogs
- Coffee machine
- Message board
- Quick questions
- Go blogs - weblogs about Go
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
- Mentality Path
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
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
- How to Use Wiki - finding your way around and editing: links to lots of info
- Quick Questions
- Meta Discussion