FlyOrDie.com
« Back to All Topics
I don't know how to play Go
Posted in 
Go
I don't know how to play Go
Posted in 
Go
I don't know how to play Go
I just joined today and I don't know much about go. I watched the show Hikaru no go and I thought it was a really cool game. 

Basically, the only stuff I know is by watching the Anime. Can anyone teach me some stuff about it? I'd rather not humiliate myself by playing on the server just yet.  

~DN 
Hi Dark Nebula, if you're a beginner, you might want to try checking out 
http://playgo.to/iwtg/

Its a good website to introduce the rules and some simple strategies. 
After checking that out you might want to try out Goproblems.com as well, but that's after you learn the rules.
Also don't feel ashamed to come and play a few games even without knowing the rules. There are actually a lot of people at the very beginner stage here and I'm sure just playing around would be helpful. There's a go proverb that says you should lose your first 50 games as soon as possible. Though this is a bit confusing, its basically saying that you shouldn't feel bad about your lack of knowledge about the game. If you play a couple of games without worrying about winning or losing, you'll be able to get a grasp of what is happening. That plus the links I provided should give you a good start. Hope to see you playing some time in the near future :)
If you are interested in more links, just ask, there are dozens of good resources for beginners, I only named off two of the best (in my opinion).
If you don't know how to play go very well, you should watch some youtube videos about it and go to goproblems.com so you can practice some go problems. Or you could practice....get a go board. Thats what I say, cause I have a go board so I can practice.
Languages
English
English
azərbaycan
Azerbaijani
bosanski
Bosnian
čeština
Czech
Cymraeg
Welsh
dansk
Danish
Deutsch
German
eesti
Estonian
English
English
español
Spanish
euskara
Basque
français
French
hrvatski
Croatian
Indonesia
Indonesian
isiZulu
Zulu
íslenska
Icelandic
italiano
Italian
latviešu
Latvian
lietuvių
Lithuanian
magyar
Hungarian
Malti
Maltese
Melayu
Malay
Nederlands
Dutch
norsk
Norwegian
o‘zbek
Uzbek
polski
Polish
português
Portuguese
português (Brasil)
Portuguese (Brazil)
română
Romanian
shqip
Albanian
slovenčina
Slovak
slovenščina
Slovenian
suomi
Finnish
svenska
Swedish
Tagalog
Tagalog
Tiếng Việt
Vietnamese
Türkçe
Turkish
Vlaams
Flemish
Võro
Võro language
Ελληνικά
Greek
български
Bulgarian
кыргызча
Kyrgyz
русский
Russian
српски
Serbian
українська
Ukrainian
עברית
Hebrew
العربية
Arabic
فارسی
Persian
हिन्दी
Hindi
ไทย
Thai
ქართული
Georgian
日本語
Japanese
正體中文
Chinese (Taiwan)
简体中文
Chinese (China)
한국어
Korean