Links for Newcomers

Welcome! Bellow you will find what we think are the most commonly used resourced to get you started in Go.If you need more, check out our wiki.

INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS (full list)

○ online-go.com/learn-to-play-go - Very quick introduction with rules only and minimum explanations.
○ learn-go.net - Full explanations, basic techniques, strategies.
○ learn-go.now.sh - Brief explanation of the rules

WHERE TO PLAY (full list)

Online:
○ online-go.com - No client download, play directly in browser. Both live and correspondence games.
○ pandanet-igs.com - Client download required. Live games only
○ wbaduk.com - Client download required. Live games only
○ gokgs.com - Client download required. Live games only
○ dragongoserver.net - No client download. Correspondence games only.

On real board:
○ baduk.club - Map of Go clubs and players all over the world.

GO PUZZLES (TSUMEGO) (full list)

○ online-go.com/puzzle/2625 - A commented puzzle set for beginners made by Mark500 (5 dan).
○ blacktoplay.com - Progress from the simplest puzzles.
○ tsumego-hero.com/ - A complex online game build around solving Go puzzles.

WHERE TO FIND REVIEWS FOR YOUR GAMES

○ gokibitz.com - Get quick feedback on your biggest mistakes.
○ reddit.com/r/baduk - Ask on this reddit
○ forums.online-go.com - Ask for in-depth reviews.
○ life in 19x19

WHERE TO LEARN MORE

○ senseis.xmp.net - A Go player's wikipedia.
○ openstudyroom.org - An online community dedicated to learning and teaching Go (sort of an online Go club)

○ List of Youtube lessons creators
○ List of recommended books
○ Go programs and apps

OPENING PATTERNS:

Databases:
○ online-go.com/joseki - A commented database of current optimal opening patterns (joseki).
○ josekipedia.com - An exhaustive database of openning patterns
○ ps.waltheri.net - An online database of professional games and openings