I've been playing
Go (an ancient board game, click
here for a description and a tutorial) for about one and a half year now. I have played in the years before, but that wasn't worth mentioning, really.
Recently, I began studying more intensely, as my skill was not improving by "just playing",
and I gathered some links and resources I'd like to share.
First of all, "What is Go?" at Wikipedia:
Description of the game of Go
Next, a tutorial about how to play it, available in many languages and includes very nice
interactive problems to get a feel for the game:
The Interactive Way To Go
It's easy to play the game over the net, here are the two Servers I play on, one is turn based, the other "real time":
Kiseido Go Server: My favorite Real Time Go Server
DragonGoServer: A turn based Server, which allows you to play when you don't have the time to spend an hour or so straight on a game.
After playing a few games, I found studying easiest using Guo Juan's Audio Go Lessons.
They cost 1 Euro per lesson for a month, which is very well spent money if you want to improve fast. Also check out her Go School Website at
Go Juan's Go School!
The Audio lessons can be viewed at
http://www.audiogolessons.com/. Go Juan also offers some
free Lessons, be sure to check them out! All lessons are spoken by Pro- Level players!
