These are some links and resources to help you improve your skills on the board. The links collected here have benn compiled acoress the years and we are always looking for more. So, if you know of somethinkg that should be included here please let us know. |
Janice Kim is a very well known professional player and the author of the Learn to Play Go book series. She wrote the following articles on how to study GO for the AGA. Follow her instructions and you WILL become stronger. |
You will get better at Go by playing and doing problems. This following link is the place where you should go whenever you have a few minutes to spare. |
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| Hikarunix (pronounced Hikaru-nix, from 'Hikaru no GO' the Japanese manga about GO and Unix the Operating System that all of us 'non-windows' users love) is a Linux live CD that has all you will ever need to learn and improve in GO. A Live CD is a bootable CD, that is you put it in your computer, reboot it and there you go the computer comes up ready for GO playing. |
| Ok, whoever said that GO is not fun knows nothing about "Almost Sente". This is a GO comic strip, and let me tell you it is funny, if you understand it. Seriously now, some jokes you have to know a bit more about GO than others, but they are all funny. And if you don't get it, that's because you're an empty triangle. (You’ll get it once you read the strips). |
| Counting lessons. These lessons are intended for more advance players (10k-up) but the will be helpful to all-levels. While these lessons don't help you to identify your territory early in the game, as you get stronger and better at identifying potential and secure territory, these lessons will help you to count this territory and get better estimates faster. |
| Books: Here is a list that we composed over time. The list is in the order we think an absolute beginner would read. Your level at the moment determines where you can start reading. |
Absolute beginner to about 17 kyu: Graded Go Problems for Beginners (30-25k) Graded Go Problems for Beginners (25-20k) |
17 kyu to about 10 kyu: Go Problems for Kuy Level Players, Vol III Go Problems for Kuy Level Players, Vol V Improve Your Intuition, Vol 1: Opening More to come ... |