Pages for Beginners

There is much material for beginners at Go. The selection below is a good way to start.

Table of contents Basics Interesting Go information Strategy and Tactics Study and Exercises Etiquette Handicap Miscellaneous Personal articles

Basics

The Rules of Go - introductory page will teach you the rules, and enough to play.

• Beginner Study Section
• Introduction to Life and Death
• Common go terms

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:

• Basic instinct, ladder and net
• Proverbs like the empty triangle is bad
• Get to know some tesuji
• Basic Close Patterns
• Haeng-Ma Tutorial for beginners

Basic strategy:

• About the opening and general opening principles
• Proverbs like Corners, then sides, then center or Play away from thickness
• Start thinking about how to attack
• How stones help each other: About Influence

Study and Exercises

• Study
  • How and what to study
  • Beginner Game Samples To Comment
  • Beginner's Guide To Tsumego
  • Getting Lessons
• Exercises
  • Beginner Exercises on the concepts of life and death.
  • Some Fuseki Exercises
  • 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
• Four questions for everyone: 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.
• A life points theory : A little help for life and death tsumego, designed for beginners

Personal articles

• Scartol/Continuum of security
• Geno/What to begin with
• CBlue's Elementary Course - For beginners to perhaps 15 kyu.