Beginners
Why almost every Go teacher starts beginners on 9×9, what the small board teaches that the big one hides, and when to move up to 13×13 and 19×19.
Beginners
How to get the most out of playing Go against the computer on this site: choosing between the four levels, 9×9 or 13×13, and turning losses into lessons.
Beginners
A practical path into Go for complete beginners: what to learn first, which board to use, how many games to play and how to avoid the usual early frustrations.
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.
Beginners
Ten mistakes almost every new Go player makes, from saving dead stones to crawling on the first line, with a clear and practical fix for each one.
Beginners
Capture Go, also called atari Go, is the classic teaching game: first capture wins. How to play it, why it works so well and when to move on to real Go.