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Table of contents Playing pages Starting a game Life and death Technique and skill About the opening, middle game and endgame About tactics and strategy About studying the game Cultural pages The world of the pros About the Goban Rules Clubs, Tournaments and Ratings Computers Books and publications Terminology Forum-style pages, blogs Games Theory pages Life and death The value of moves Analysis of sequences The endgame Mathematical theory Links and index pages Meta pages

Playing pages

Starting a game

• Rules Of Go - introductory – starting from nothing, learn most of the game and how to play, in a few minutes.
• Pages For Beginners (see also: introductory pages by topic)

Life and death

• Introduction to Life and Death
• Common Corner Shapes – what is the status of standard shapes in the corner
• Problems and exercises – index of problems on this site

Technique and skill

• Tesuji – Skillful Tactical Plays (examples)
• Shape Collection – All about shape
• Connecting techniques – Keep them together
• Cutting techniques – Keep them apart
• Haengma – the movement of the stones
• Eyes Collection – There is more to eyes than meets the ...
• Invasion itinerary – invading an enemy framework

About the opening, middle game and endgame

• Fuseki – (opening): everything about the opening
• Joseki – (standard sequences): those pesky corner plays
• Side patterns
• Attack and defense
• Counting and Scoring – determining who wins a game

About tactics and strategy

• Capturing race
• Ko fights – don't be afraid of them
• Give me liberties
• Go Proverbs
• Good habits and bad habits – things every player should know

About studying the game

• Teaching and improvement
• Commented Professional Games
• Big Question Mark – asking for help
• Life and Death problems from games – add your own game situations

Cultural pages

The world of the pros

• Professionals
• Go History – a brief History of Go
• Names in Go – famous players, authors etc. See also: Professional Players' Go Styles
• Professional tournaments – names of big tournaments, aka titles
• Famous Go Games – how the pros do it
• Rivalries

About the Goban

• Making your own equipment – ever dreamed of making your own equipment?
• Unusual Gobans – as if normal Go isn't difficult enough
• Different Sized Boards – Playing Go on boards of various sizes

Rules

• Basic rules of Go
• Handicap – Ratings, skill and how to compensate for the difference
• Komi – to compensate for the first move
• Variants – Playing Go, well, not entirely ...

Clubs, Tournaments and Ratings

• Events
• Go Places – venues, clubs, tournament venues, ...
• Match Types – Various ways of playing Go matches
• Rank and Rating

Computers

• Computer Go – How to write Go software.
• Go Programs – Go software of all kinds.
• Go Servers – Sites for playing other people or programs, or just watching them play.
• SGF Archives – Saved (and commented) games, tsumegos and joseki dictionaries.
• Computers – More links to similar topics.

Books and publications

• Go Books – Books on and about Go
• Go magazines – National association journals and commercial magazines
• Hikaru no Go – the popular manga

Terminology

• Go Terms – definitions of common Go terms from Japanese and other languages.
• English Go Terms – definitions of common English Go terms.
• Chinese Go Terms
• Japanese Go Terms
• Korean Go Terms

Forum-style pages, blogs

• Coffee machine
• Quick questions
• Go blogs - weblogs about Go

Games

• Art Games

Theory pages

• Pages marked as type “Theory”: https://senseis.xmp.net/?header=keywords&term=Theory

Life and death

• Formal definitions of eye
• Benson's Definition of Unconditional Life
• A life points theory – theoretical approach attempt

The value of moves

• Miai counting – Evaluating the urgency of moving in a local position from the difference between the results of a Black or a White move
• Deiri counting – An alternative to miai counting
• Score – The actual net territory (Black minus White) in an played out area
• Count – The potential score in an area, as a tree
• Infinitesimals – Special numbers used to evaluate positions

Analysis of sequences

• Tewari – Analysing sequences of moves by considering them in a different order or with omissions

The endgame

• Basic endgame theory

Mathematical theory

• Combinatorial game theory – the mathematical theory of games like go
• Complexity of go – (In the mathematical sense)
• Mathematical ko terms
• Temperature – The urgency of playing in the game as a whole or some part of it

Links and index pages

• Link Collection – links to other Go resources
• Go Media – various links to electronic media such as pictures, bitmaps, sounds, etc ...
• Go Places – links to clubs, venues, ...
• Go and the rest of the world
• Buying Equipment – links to shops
• Guided Tours – follow your guide through the library

Meta pages

Discussion about the nature of this web site: practical advice for navigating and editing, as well as some more philosophical issues.

• Sensei's Library – introduction to this site
• How to Use Wiki – finding your way around and editing: links to lots of info
• Quick Questions
• Meta Discussion