Go_Resources

I like go and maybe you do too

This page merely contains some of my favorite links related to go. Huge thank you to Xióngwěi Wong’s online resources for the inspiration.

Learn to play game

Web: learn-go.net
Book Learn Go by Neil Moffat - A pragmatic introduction from a Westerner’s perspective. I appreciate how the author explicitly downplays “capturing”. Each diagram only shows one move (rather than a numbered sequence) which is particularly approachable.
Book: Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game by Chikun Cho - Each chapter alternates between a historical/cultural aspect and a key concept of gameplay
Video: Learn To Play Go! A Guide for Beginners by In Sente
App: Beginner’s Go by Unbalance Corporation - A vintage app for iOS
App for kids: Legend of Baduk iOS / Android - Modern with a tasteful amount of features provided for free

Book: Life and Death - Meat and potatoes, foundational stuff. Learn this before memorizing joseki.
Book: Opening Theory Made Easy
Book: Go by Example by Niel Moffatt - Unpolished and conversational in style. Examples are wide-ranging and no more than a page or two.
Video catalog: NAOL Game Reviews - 17+ tournaments worth of real game reviews at a wide range of levels. Similiarly unpolished, but a treasure-trove.
Video: Triton DDK to SDK Basics - There’s no shortage of YouTubers claiming to “just play basics”. Triton is one of the few who manages to stick to the landing.
Video: The Fundamentals of Go on 13×13 by Vadim Efimenko of Go Magic

Web: Tsumego Hero Easy Life
Book: Let’s Study Go by Cho Seok-Bin
Web: antonTobi’s Count! game - Great practice for evaluating the board and counting score
PDF catalog: 101books - Humble, but mighty collection of problem sets presented as PDFs
- Seedling Project - Fun, non-life-and-death problem set. The theme is “make the most out of a sacrafice of stones”.
- CrossPoint ePub versions - PDFs have been converted for phones and e-readers
Book series: Get Strong at … - Dedicated kyu problems set to a particular topic outside of life and death
- Attacking - This book brought me instant improvements to my game
- Tesuji
Book series: Mastering the Basics

Book: The Direction of Play by Kajiwara Takeo
Book: Tesuji by James Davies - If you have a grasp of the rules, any of these examples will blow your mind
Book: Fuseki Revolution: How AI Has Changed Go - Pleased to say this book moves along at a healthy pace and only briefly touches on “the old way” of any particular topic
Book: Mastering Corner Shapes
School: International Osaka Go School

Web for beginners: Squishy Go - Lovely interface, simplifed rules
App: Go Quest - Superb for 9x9
In person:
- Wordwide: Baduk.club - Website clearly lists the last time an entry was edited / verified
- United States: AGA club finder
- Canada: CGA clubs
Online: OGS - Requires an account. Does not require friends. Popular English language server.
Online: Board from TripleKo - No accounts. Requires friends.

Podcast: All Things Go - “Season” structure. Many great interviews.
Podcast: Star Point - Serialized weekly with large back catalog
Youtube video series: Dan and the Kyu - You’ll want to be able to see the video stream for large portions of many episodes. Really hits its stride ~episode 3.
Video lecture: Kajiwara Takeo: The Giant Who Made Titans by Matthew McKee of Go Magic - Inspiring at any level

Magazine: Go World Magazine back issues 1977-2012 - If you have a budget for written go material, this is the best bang for your buck as a DDK looking for immersion
Social: Gote on Mastodon - It’s me
Book: The Treasure Chest Enigma by Noriyuki Nakayama - A small, but wonderful collection of essays. Feels like “behind the scenes” from pro players.
Book: Go Nation: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China
Magazine: Finding Seki 2024-

Akita Noek: Cofounded Online-go.com
Anders Kierulf
- Creator of the SmartGo app and Go Books
- Social: SmartGo on Mastodon.social
Cho Yeonwoo
- YouTube Channel: Go Pro Yeonwoo
- School: Awesome Baduk
Devin Fraze: Founded Baduk.club
Dwyrin:
- YouTube Channel: dwyrin
- Patreon / lessons: dywrin
Eunkyo Do
- YouTube Channel: Go Inside
- Book: Mastering Invasions
John Power
- Founded Publishing Company: Kiseido; now owned by Richard Bozulich
- Book: Invincible - the games of Shusaku
- Book: Essential Go Proverbs
Michael Redmond: First Western Go Professional to reach 9 dan
- YouTube Channel: Michale Redmond’s Go TV
- Cowrote book with Chris Garlock: AlphaGo to Zero
Richard Bozulich: Cofounded Publishing Company: Ishi Press which published many of the James Davies books along with books written by Richard himself
Shawn Ray aka Clossius
- YouTube Channel: ShawnRay
- Founder of Tsumego Dragon
- Founder of The Clossi Approach
Young Sun Yoon
- YouTube Channel: Yoon’s Baduk Cafe
- School: Awesome Baduk
- Book: Mastering basic corner shapes

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