Go etiquette

Table of contents General Playing Face to Face Playing on Go Servers ("Netiquette") See also Links GoEtiquette/Discussion

General

• Ask the stronger player for a game
• Respect your opponents ability
• How to resign
• Thanking your opponent after the game
• Analyse the game
• Etiquette and Rules

Playing Face to Face

• Let the most respected player sit in the better place
• Nigiri
• Onegaishimasu
• Playing the first move in the upper right corner
• Order of placement of handicap stones
• Avoid bad habits such as
  • Rattling the Go stones
  • Taking a stone from the bowl before you have decided on your move
  • Throwing stones onto the goban
  • Throwing the goban
• Acquire good habits
• Some considerations on calling out Atari
• Putting away the stones
• In simul games, play your move when the opponent has reached your table
• Counting Etiquette Etiquette regarding counting phase, removal of dead stones.

Playing on Go Servers ("Netiquette")

• Greeting
• Allotting extra time
• Sandbagging
• Escaping
• Kibbitzing
• Playing only higher ranked players
• Use of SGF editors and Computer Go programs during games
• Many of the bad habits and good habits apply to Go servers, as well. Particularly, refusing to take handicap can happen inadvertently on some servers, where players need to manually set the handicap. If black just makes a move, then there is no handicap.

See also

• Etiquette Title
• Relying on trick plays
• Online go controversies

Links

• BGA article on Etiquette, Attitudes & Advice

GoEtiquette/Discussion

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