Pages for Beginners
Difficulty: Introductory Keywords: SL description, Index page
There is much material for beginners at Go. The selection below is a good way to start.
Table of contents |
Basics
The Rules of Go - introductory page will teach you the rules, and enough to play.
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
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
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)
Etiquette
- How to hold and play a go stone
- Some Good Habits and some Bad Habits
Handicap
- You'll play lots of handicap games. Maybe the Ten Commandments Of Handicap Go will help.
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.
- Falling in Love with Baduk is a thorough introduction for the complete novice, available as a
free download.
Personal articles
- Scartol/Continuum of security
- Geno/What to begin with
- CBlue's Elementary Course - For beginners to perhaps 15 kyu.