Joseki
Joseki are standard corner sequences in Go that give both sides a fair result. What they are, why they exist, and how to learn them without memorising blindly.
Life and Death
Why a group with two separate eyes can never be captured, why one eye is not enough, and how to make eyes in the corner, on the edge and in the centre.
Go Rules
The ko shape in Go explained: why an immediate recapture is forbidden, how superko works on this site, what ko threats are and how to decide a ko fight.
Go Rules
In Go almost any empty point is legal. The two exceptions are suicide and repeating a position. How to recognise them and why they shape eyes and life.
Openings
The two most popular first moves in a Go corner compared: the 4-4 star point and the 3-4 point, what each one aims for, and which to choose as a beginner.
Joseki
What happens when your star-point corner is approached or invaded at 3-3: the main ideas behind the answers, who gets territory and who gets influence.
Joseki
An honest look at memorising joseki in Go: what beginners gain and lose, how much to learn at each stage, and a better way to study corner sequences.
Life and Death
Seki, or mutual life, is a strange but important situation in Go where neither side can capture the other. How it forms, why both groups live and how it is coun
Openings
How the opening works on the small 9×9 Go board: the strength of the centre point, third-line versus fourth-line moves, early contact and a simple plan.
Openings
How the 13×13 Go opening works: taking corners, approaching and enclosing, extending along the sides and moving smoothly from 9×9 to the full 19×19 board.
Go Rules
What liberties are in Go, how groups share them, how capturing works on the edge and in the corner, and simple habits to stop losing stones by accident.
Joseki
Eight common mistakes beginners make in corner sequences: finishing joseki mechanically, wrong direction, leaving cutting points, over-pincering and more.