Scoring
Territory scoring counts surrounded points and prisoners; area scoring counts stones and surrounded points. How they differ, when it matters, and why.
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
Scoring
Seki is mutual life: two groups that cannot capture each other both stay on the board. How to recognise it, when to aim for it and how it is scored here.
Scoring
Black moves first in Go, which is an advantage. Komi gives White extra points to balance it. Why it exists, why it is 7.5 here and how it shapes strategy.
Go Rules
When to pass, why both players must pass, what to do with dead stones before the end, how the score is counted with area scoring and 7.5 komi, and resigning.
Go Rules
The complete rules of Go in plain English: the board, placing stones, liberties, capturing, ko, passing and how the winner is decided, with simple diagrams.
Scoring
Area scoring counts your stones on the board plus the empty points only you surround. How it works, how komi fits in, and how to finish a game cleanly.