Reference Section
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Here you can find lots of stuff - the meat of the library. Feel free to add and/or edit as you please!
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Playing pages
Pages about how to play the game
- 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
- Corner Shapes - what is the status of standard shapes in the corner
- Life and death - how do stones survive and how are they killed
- Problems - (tsumego): think hard, solve well
- Problems and exercises - index of problems on this site
- Technique and skill
- Tesuji - Skillful Tactical Plays (examples)
- Technique - theory and discussion
- Shapes and connections - Keep it together
- 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
- Fuseki - (opening): everything about the opening
- Joseki - (standard sequences): those pesky corner plays
- Side patterns
- About the middle game
- The middle game - when the going gets tough
- Attack and defense
- About the endgame
- About strategy and tactics
- Strategy
- Tactics
- Capturing race
- Ko fights - don't be afraid of them
- Give me liberties
- Go Proverbs - Mostly they help, sometimes they just confuse..?
- Good habits and bad habits - things every player should know
- Problems and Exercises
- About studying the game
- Study path
- Teaching
- Reference Games - Introduction to concepts via a game
- Commented Professional Games
- Big Question Mark - asking for help
- Go problems from games - add your own game situations
Cultural pages
Pages regarding all about and around the game of Go
- The world of the pros
- Go History - a brief History of Go
- Names in Go - famous players, authors etc. See also: List of Korean Names, Professional Players' Go Styles
- Professional tournaments - names of big tournaments, aka titles
- Famous Go Games - how the pros do it
- Stories
- Who Was That Go Player... - Rack your brain in the Go MegaQuiz!
- About the Goban
- Making your own equipment - ever dreamed of making your own equipment?
- Unusual Gobans - as if normal Go isn't difficult enough
- Variants - Playing Go, well, not entirely ...
- Different Sized Boards - Playing Go on boards of various sizes
- Rules
- Basic rules of Go
- The rules
- Handicap - Ratings, skill and how to compensate for the difference
- Komi - to compensate for the first move
- Tournaments and Ratings
- Events
- Tournaments
- Go Places - venues, clubs, tournament venues, ...
- Match Types - Various ways of playing Go matches
- Rank and Rating
- Computers
- Computer Go
- Go Programs - Go software
- Go Servers
- SGF Archives - Saved (and commented) games, tsumegos and joseki dictionaries
- Books and publications
- Go Books - Books on and about Go
- Go Journals
- 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 - definitions of common Chinese Go terms.
- Japanese Go Terms - definitions of common Japanese Go terms.
- Korean Go Terms - definitions of common Korean Go terms.
- Forum-style pages, blogs..
- Message board
- Quick questions
- The FAQ for the newsgroup rec.games.go - Just RT(F)M. Need we say more?
- Go blogs - weblogs about Go
- Social Networks
- Various thoughts, comments, notes about Go
- Great Quotes for a variety of views and thoughts on Go
- Fun Go Facts for tidbits of interesting information
- Go Humour - anecdotes, funny stories, ...
- Go Etiquette
- Go and the rest of the world - how go relates to other areas
- References To Go - the world wakes up to Go
- MentalityPath
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, ...
- Buying Equipment - links to shops
- Guided Tours - follow your guide through the library
- Copyright And License Issues - various discussions
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
- Wabi Sabi - aesthetics of a wiki site
- Frequently Asked Questions - currently (April 2009) work in progress
- How to Use Wiki - finding your way around and editing: links to lots of info
- Wiki Etiquette
- Understanding Wiki Pages
- Text Formatting Rules - the nuts and bolts of how to edit here
- Quick Questions
- Meta Discussion
- Future use of SL
- SL is not Wikipedia