Play Go in Different Ways

Playing Go in different ways helps you Teach Yourself Go

• Play Go Variants as Teaching Method
• Play different sized boards
• Play different openings from your usual
• Play the same opening until you learn it well
• Play different styles (ex. conservative if you usually fight)
• Play different people from your usual opponents
• Play in person instead of on Go servers, or vice versa
• Play slower games instead of faster, or faster instead of slower.
• Play fast games as a beginner. In the future you will be able to quickly notice good and bad moves.
• Play as White against a stronger player
• Play with and against free handicaps placed anywhere
• Play even games against a stronger player instead of handicaps or vice versa
• Play unrated games instead of rated for a change
• Play team Go or Rengo
• Play handicap games against weaker and stronger players
• Play as White and Black