Introductory Pages By Topic

Table of contents General Atari, Liberties and Capturing Life and Death Eyes Goban Geography Stone Patterns Tactics Connection Ko Misc

General

• Go
• Rules of Go - introductory
• Rules of go - second tutorial
• Territory
• Fun Go Facts & Great Quotes
• White & Black

Atari, Liberties and Capturing

• Atari
• Atari Atari
• Auto-atari
• Double Atari
• Spot the Atari
• Capture
• Rule of capture
• Liberty - introductory
• Don't take away your own liberties
• Two liberties

Life and Death

• Alive - Introductory
• Beginner's Guide to Tsumego
• Dead
• Unsettled
• Preventing escape on the first line

Eyes

• False Eye
• Real eye
• Recognizing an Eye
• Two Eyes

Goban Geography

• Corner
• Open in the Corner
• Corners, then sides, then center
• Edge of the board
• Center
• Tenuki

Stone Patterns

• Net
• Bamboo joint
• Peep
• Ladder
• Hane
• One-point jump
• Tsuke
• Crane's Nest Tesuji
• Cutting Point
• Legal position
• Too close

Tactics

• Tesuji
• Snapback

Connection

• Chain
• Connection
• Hanging connection
• Solid connection

Ko

• Basics on kos
• Finding ko threats

Misc

• Don't follow proverbs blindly
• Thank You Move
• Teach Yourself Go
• Quick Questions
• Example Game
• Starting Points
• Beginners play atari
• Beginner Study Section
• Pages for beginners