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Videos and interactive tutorials can be great, but nothing beats having someone to answer questions and guide you while playing.
Please feel free to contact us, or stop by a Seattle Central Go Club meeting.
"The rules of go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe, they almost certainly play go."
— Edward Lasker
Learn to Play (Interactive) & Practice:
Learn to Play (Interactive) & Practice:
Online Go Server (OGS)
Online Go Server (OGS)
A good place to practice the basic mechanics of the game.
The "Fundamentals" section is enough to start playing, so you can save the other modules for later if you like.
Learn-go.net
Learn-go.net
The 2nd section, "Basic strategies" is a great next step. See suggestions for how to play after you feel you've learned the basics.
Go Magic
Go Magic
Learn the basics of how the game is played.
Learn To Play (Videos):
Learn To Play (Videos):
Basic Rules (1 of 2)
Basic Rules (1 of 2)
Basic Rules (2 of 2)
Basic Rules (2 of 2)
How To Play
How To Play
Learn to Play (Booklets):
Learn to Play (Booklets):
Go: An (Illustrated) Introduction
Go: An (Illustrated) Introduction
A great comic book style introduction to the basic rules.
The above image opens the booklet on imgur.
To download a copy for printing, click here.
Learn to Play Go (Seattle Central Go Club)
Learn to Play Go (Seattle Central Go Club)
The above image opens the booklet on imgur.
To download an e-booklet .pfd, click here.
To download a .pdf for printing, click here.
Get the suggested 7x7 board here
24Q: 24 Questions for a 24-kyu player (Seattle Central Go Club)
24Q: 24 Questions for a 24-kyu player (Seattle Central Go Club)
The above image opens the booklet on imgur.
To download an e-booklet .pfd, click here.
To download a .pdf for printing, click here.
Play a Few Simple Games (Against Easy Bots):
Play a Few Simple Games (Against Easy Bots):
PuyoGo
PuyoGo
Cute 5x5 Board.
"パス" to Pass, "降参" to Resign
On the right, select form two levels of bot, or play another person (local) by selecting "間"
Cosumi
Cosumi
Simple UI. You can select from a variety of board sizes and adjust the AI on boards 9x9 and larger.
This bot may be a little strong for complete beginners.
Atari Go
Atari Go
A Go mini-game; simply be the first to capture to win.
Great for learning the basic mechanics, but don't let the capturing become your main goal with the real game, where the objective is territory.
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