Introductory Material
If you are new to the game you might want to start here.
For Children
Thanks to Paul Smith of Cambridge Junior Chess & Go Club, the British Go Association hosts a set of Introductory Problem Sheets.
• | problem book (a 50 page pdf suitable for an e-reader) |
• | solutions (pdf) |
For Everyone
The American Go Association has produced a free introduction to the game (pdf). It’s a 50 page guide which can be printed or downloaded for an e-reader.
They also have a set of videos for beginners
There’s also an online guide from Pandanet.
This is a fairly comprehensive tutorial site.
Online Video Resources
• | Overview |
• | Playing |
• | Vocabulary |
• | Key Concepts |
• | A 9×9 tutorial game – part 1 |
• | A 9×9 tutorial game – part 2 |
Shawn Ray has produced a complete introduction to the game.
Go Magic is an online teaching site and has produced an introductory course.
Putting Go stones on a crowded board without disturbing the others can be tricky. So here’s a video on how to pick and place a Go stone.
Our YouTube Channel
Look at our You Tube channel for lectures and other video material we have produced.
Other Online Resources
AI Sensei provides high quality AI analysis of your games and other AI resources. It’s free of charge for basis use.
Daniel Hu, 6D writes on Go theory.
(1) How Alphazero has influenced Go strategy (pdf) here
(2) Approaches to static position analysis (pdf) here
Our Library
We host the T Mark Hall reference collection along with other books donated or otherwise acquired.
which in due course will be catalogued but it includes many works by John Fairbairn including:
Other texts include:
- 21st Century Dictionary of Basic Joseki
There is also a complete set of Go World
We also have a number of books available for loan free of charge to members. We will catalogue them here:
- 100 Tips for Amateur Players II – Youngsoon Yoon
- Baduk, Made Fun and Easy – Chinyung Nam
- Go for Beginners – Kaoru Iwamoto
- Teach Yourself Go – Charles Matthews
- Games of Go: A dozen fully commented games of Go – Neil Moffat
- Go By Example: Correcting common mistakes in double digit kyu play – Neil Moffat
- Jump Up, Level 1 – Yoo Chang-Hyuk
- More Go By Example: Improving single-digit kyu play – Neil Moffat
- The Second Book of Go – Richard Bozulich
All additions to the library gratefully received.