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Go Resources on the Net

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1. Portals, link collections and other general pages

Gobase [ext] http://gobase.org
Tons of tournament news, game records, articles, player biographies, go dictionaries, links and so on. Also offers a very educational replay feature where you can guess the next move in a professional game and get some feedback on how close to the right spot you are.
GoDiscussions.com [ext] http://www.godiscussions.com
Forum site exclusively for Go players.
Go4Go [ext] http://www.go4go.net/v2/
Another games database with the emphasis on Chinese professional Go. Some of the services are accessible only through payment.
[ext] Go-Sensei
Offers Go info such as Monthly Go Proverbs, Pro Title records, Pro Title winners, and Go Servers. Also contains lessons by Alexander Dinerchtein 3p, Jonathan Hop 2d, and Don Allison 1d.
[ext] Mr. Kin's go news
Asian go news and topics since November 5th, 2003.
[ext] Momoyama go news
Information about the events in the world of Big Title Go may be found out at Momoyama go news. Information is only up to November 5th, 2003, later news please go to Mr. Kin's go news above.
Go Games World? [ext] http://www.gogameworld.com/
Asian Go news and commented professional games. English portal with strong ties to Chinese Go (Wei Q'i).
[ext] shy's go page
Lots of articles about Go, traditional Chinese only (BIG5 code). International games with chinese comments, such as Ing Cup, LG Cup.
China Weiqi Net? [ext] http://www.weiqi.net/
A portal in Chinese language.
Go-News [ext] http://www.go-news.net/
A news site to which readers can submit news. Not a wiki.
[ext] Go for beginners
Nikkai: Books,News and much more. In Spanish. Maintained by Horacio A. Pernía.
Kyu2Dan.com? [ext] http://www.kyu2dan.com/
Kyu2Dan is a new Go portal focusing on basically everything that might help you improve your Go skills: theory, tsumego, reviews and professional games are being offered. The content is uploaded by users, approved and then added to the site in order to provide high quality content.
[ext] Go start for all
is the www.start4all.com concept brought to Go. It's the continuation of the Dutch Go Assiociation's link page. Maintained by Ger Hanssen.
[ext] French Go Links
Links from Belgium, France, Québec, Switzerland, U.S.A.,... At least a part of the website is in french.
[ext] The Go Link Explorer
A new, large, rapidly growing directory of Go links.
Newsgroup rec.games.go[ext] news://rec.games.go
The usenet usegroup about go. Also accessible and searchable via [ext] google groups.
[ext] FAQ for the newsgroup rec.games.go
General information about Go on and off the internet - a good place to start your search for more Go information.
Go Sensations [ext] http://www.gosensations.com
news from and about goservers
[ext] Russian Go Portal
Russian news, photos, game records, tournaments etc.
[ext] 321Go (Dutch)
A Dutch website containing a very good study program with hundreds of problems of many sorts. Dutch Go players should really check this out!
[ext] SuomiGo
Finnish Go wiki.
[ext] IsraelGo
Israeli Go wiki.
Google Custom Search [ext] http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=003689800377035475723%3Aonktbhnjace
a Google product that allows users to build their own search engines.

DISCONTINUED Portals, link collections and other general pages

Black White Stones [ext] http://www.BlackWhiteStones.com
We share a passion in Go and would like to see more people outside the East Asian countries play this wonderful game. We are non-profit and we are not affiliated to any Go association or Club. DISCONTINUED
Mind Sports Olympiad? [ext] http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/go.html [ext] (MSO)
Has megabytes of info on chess, shogi, scrabble, etc., and of course [ext] go. Historical articles from John Fairbairn, lessons from Charles Matthews, old tournament reports, game records, biographic thumbnails of current pros, and more... it's a good thing. The news on international tournaments has been discontinued as of April 2001. DISCONTINUED
[ext] Harry Fearnley's Main Go (Baduk, WeiQi/Wei-Ch'i, Igo) Page
Another comprehensive Go web index on the Internet. DISCONTINUED
[ext] Ken Warkentyne's index
the most comprehensive go web index on the net. The list has not been updated since May 2000 though and the go commmunity is anxiously waiting for Ken to reactivate his efforts. DISCONTINUED
[ext] Dan's Go/Weiqi/Baduk Page
A number of general links, although the focus is computer go. CORRUPT LINK

2. Introductory Go material

[ext] Go - The most challenging board game in the World
A very readable BGA introduction of 1999 as PDF. Covers everything from history to Rules.
[ext] Go-Sensei
Interactive flash tutorial with great graphics. Covers the basics of Go and includes extras.
[ext] Tel's Go Notes
First steps for people who know the rules of Go (or think they do), but don't see how that helps them become Go players.
[ext] Mindy Mc Adams' introductory pages
A well known introduction.
[ext] Daniel Gilder's How to play Go
Download/view leaflet for complete beginners on how to play Go.
[ext] unkx80's How To Play Go
Another tutorial for beginners.
[ext] Interactive Way to Go
Interactive Java tutorial, begins at the "50 kyu" level; available in many languages, including Esperanto.
[ext] Kyu2Dan Introduction to Go
The Kyu2Dan's introduction to the Go-rules with do-it-yourself parts in order to ensure the rules are understood.
[ext] The Wonderful World of Go
Flash introduction made by SL's own Scartol.
[ext] First Principles of the Game called Go
Introduction to Go - with 2000 slides!
[ext] Go: Life Itself
Very nice introductory article (history, philosphy, rules, ...)
[ext] Tips for Learning Go
Some thoughts on how to get started (as opposed to what the rules are).
[ext] Go for Beginners
Learn a few basics on go. (As of June 2007, this site appears to be still under construction.)
[ext] Ichi Ni San Go!
A scholarship-winning focused on teaching beginners Go, but also has links, a brief history of Go, and some forums. -Nik S.
[ext] Learn to play go
Introduction to go. (Under construction.)

3. Study

Study Assistance Software
another page on SL with study links and resources.
[ext] Ang-Yue Go School Study Guide:
Li Ang (3p) and Li Yue (9d) offer this study guide to help players improve; the suggested study plans go from beginners to dan players. It also includes a listing of the study material a go player can use.
Drago
problem and game replayer, GNU Go client, SGF editor, kifu and diagram printer, Windows freeware.
[ext] GoProblems.com
More than 1000 well organized life-and-death, joseki, fuseki, endgame, etc. problems for you to solve, and you can contribute your own stumpers. Uses java.
[ext] Guo Juan's Internet Go School
Online Go teaching school, recorded audio Go lectures.
[ext] Go Teaching Ladder
have your own games commented (see Go Teaching Ladder for more info)
[ext] Go Test
20 problems and rank estimation at the end
[ext] Hitachi Tsumego
Each week Minoru Harada provides one easy and one hard Go-problem in this page.
On Yi Ch'ang-ho's website - [ext] Java applet with Life and death problems
You can use the java applet and try to solve the problems even without understanding korean. Select a problem on the list and click on the first button to the left for starting. When you think you have found the solution, click on the board and if the stone appears, you have found the correct move. If you can't find it, click on the third button.
[ext] Daily Yomiuri
A large (280) collection of weekly columns about Go. The level varies from absolute beginner to intermediate, mostly with problems. Especially check the links at the bottom for the older articles. The first 46 columns were written by Richard Bozulich, after which it was taken over by Rob Van Zeijst. Older columns have been lost at this page. Archives are linked from The Magic of Go Yomiuri Shimbun
[ext] The Korea Times Baduk
A weekly issue in the newspaper. See Baduk Made Fun And Easy
[ext] uliGo
A program to practice solving life&death and tesuji problems. Some problems are available; you can also use your own problems (in SGF format).
[ext] kombilo
Kombilo can search for (both wholeboard or smaller) patterns in the .sgf-game collections you have on your hard disk. Very useful for studying, or just to browse throught your game collection looking for an interesting fuseki. It has also been discussed here on SL.
[ext] SGF to Printable format converter
Upload your SGF files here to produce printable diagrams of your games. Supports all board sizes and handicap stones, either black or white.
[ext] Samarkand GameBase
Janice Kim says "These games are the ones that I myself review and are focused on Korean internal matches and international professional games." Uses java; has a few known technical glitches. TakeNGive's criticism: the games lack date information / event information. ([ext] skip Janice's introduction)
[ext] Sanrensei
Sanrensei fuseki - Is it a good choice for you? Go test, created by Alexander Dinerstein , 3-dan professional
[ext] Friday Night Files of Jan van Rongen
1400 games of Cho Chikun; 150 games of Yamashita Keigo; 100 Hikaru no Go related games and other study material.
[ext] Fuseki Info
Online version of the BiGo Assistant Profi - professional Go games database (more than 65,000 game records). Contains game records, game lists, fuseki and joseki trees.
[ext] Fuseki Info for KGS Go Server
Online database of games played on KGS Go Server (more than 75,000 game records). Contains game records, game lists, fuseki and joseki trees.
[ext] Go (Weiqi, Baduk) Rules
Thorough study of Rules, Commentaries, Examples, etc.
[ext] Goama
International Go Newsletter. Go news, theory, trick moves, commented games, go books and equipment reports, pro players interviews
[ext] Go game softwares
Windows and mobile(Palm, Pocket PC, Smartphone,Symbian, Java) go game softwares.
The tsume-go social gathering
Collection of tsumego problems.
[ext] Tsumego, a Go problems mailing list
Receive each week 3 or 4 life-and-death problems set up by Fan Hui 2p, the best rated player in Europe. You will receive problems of various levels : 20 kyu, 10 kyu, 1 dan, and from time to time (roughly every two weeks) a 5 dan problem.
[ext] Sorin Gherman's Go lessons
series of articles/lessons by Sorin Gherman, amateur 6 dan
[ext] Audio Go lectures in PuTongHua
If any of you know PuTongHua, this will be a good website for you
[ext] Costa Rica Go club
Central America's Go club

4. Saved (and commented) games on the Internet

5. Computer Go

[ext] The Many Faces of Go
World champion go program with many teaching aids. Free download Igowin, the most popular program for teaching beginners.
[ext] Michael Reiss' page
probably the best informed and most recently updated list of computer go resources. (18 May 2002).
[ext] The Computer Go Ladder
[ext] Computer Go Bibliography
[ext] OpenGo
A workbench for programmers interested in the challenges of writing smart go opponents. Includes some built-in Go opponents for users to play, and has support for pipe and modem players.
[ext] Intelligent Go Foundation
The Intelligent Go Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of computer go.
[ext] SmartGo
A Go-playing program and SGF editor. The web site includes information on [ext] computer Go and on [ext] SmartGo implementation details.
[ext] David Mechner's page
[ext] The Burmeister-Wiles article (link broken)
[ext] BrowserGo (link broken?)
Play against GnuGo in your web browser.

See also Go Playing Programs and Computer Go

6. Sites to play Go

See Go Servers.

7. Miscellaneous

Go IRC channel
List of IRC channels about Go
[ext] SGF2print
A useful tool to create instant printable diagrams of your SGF files or LittleGolem move sequences. Works for all board sizes, handicap stones and pre-setup boards. Displays most game information as well.
[ext] The Art of Go
A small collection of digital art (made by Scartol) relating to Go.
[ext] Goban Screensaver
Plays back historic games (linux only).
[ext] The Goban
A forum (message board) created by Hikaru79 in 2004. Contains boards made for talking about go strategy, recent events, games, and just general chatter. Only about 34 members so far, it still has a long way to go.
[ext] Waller's Go/Baduk/Wieqi Books
We specialize in Korean Go Books with over 100 titles available, there are many Lee Chang Ho titles. A majority are in Korean text.
[ext] Pronounciation of Japanese Igo Terms
Pronunciation of about 200 Japanese go terms, in MP3 format.

[ext] Go books in english : A searchable bibliography of all books written in English

[ext] Go search engine
Go Search Engine with 99% of all Go sites included
[ext] Go books in french
The Go books written in french, published in France, Québec, and Belgium. No books yet from Switzerland,...
[ext] Go lessons on KGS
Go lessons by Alexandre Dinerchtein
[ext] Photos from Korea
Funny pictures from Korea
[ext] Photos from Russia
Go Game in Russia in photos
[ext] New Go forum with diagrams
International Go forum, sgf and jpg file supports
[ext] Prosper Go Club
Community (peer-to-peer) Lending Group for go players. DISCONTINUED
AGF Tiger's Mouth
Go site for kids and teens. Features a comic strip of the same name.

8. Other Wikis

(see also GoWikiWiki)

[ext] Sensei's Tournament Library
A European Go Congress Organisers Handbook
Tour Bus Stop
Visit other wikis (not necessarily related to Go)
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