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Play Go in a club



To discover or practice Go the easiest and most natural way is to join a Go club nearby.
Go is not expensive, it's free to try and for regular members it's only around twenty EUR to pay per year.


Go rules are not complicated at all, but the strategy is deep and the first steps can be troublesome if you get overloaded with complex information provided by enthusiast amateurs. So to have a good start we recommend essentially to practice and enjoy exploring your own ideas.


Still if you are searching specifically for "Go lessons", most of the time you will not find much "organized teaching classes" as such in clubs.
But in every club, Go players practice, analyze games, propose Go problems to solve, share their experience... So if you are a beginner, we invite you first to enter into a Go club that suits you and play a bit. With more practical experience you would then be able to chose wisely among various available possibilities to see what would suit you (books, exercises on Internet, videos, lessons with pro players...).

Go initiation on internet

Play against programs

  • Kidsgoserver.com A good first site to play for beginners., especially kids. The computer plays at beginner level and shows clearly stones that are in danger. A nice way to start playing Go - more fun and practical than to read pages of rules and exercises ...!
  • cosumi you can play fast games on micro boards (size 5x5, 6x6, aso.). Great for practicing tactics but beware the program is quite strong. If you can manage to win a game you are already at club level for sure.
  • Igowin, suitable for beginners.

    • AI/very strong programs

  • AI SENSEI , You need only your browser to play a strong bot -various goban sizes - select button "play vs AI"
  • Leela, dan level program.
  • Zbaduk, You need only your browser to play a strong bot - also possible in teaching mode (keeps game even) and especially review games (paying service) with strong A.I Leela and Katago. FYI: This site is made by Bram, a belgian Dan Go player and programmer.

Play on Go server

  • OGS, The newest, the most complete. Just a very good server to play Go the way you like.
  • KGS, Popular in Europe, the most "friendly atmosphere"- you can join our "Belgian Room" !
  • Pandanet (IGS), , The oldest and most popular in the world where you can also find the European championship
  • DGS (Dragon Go Server), possibility to play many games simultaneously but not in real time - the pace is typically one move per day which can be less stressing

Programs to review your own games

  • AI SENSEI , review your games thank to the powerful free A.I.: Leela/Lizzie and Katago (first reviews are free)
  • Zbaduk, You need only your browser to play a strong bot - also possible in teaching mode (keeps game even) and especially review games (paying service) with strong A.I Leela and Katago. FYI: This site is made by Bram, a belgian Dan Go player and programmer.

Go theory and practice

Learning Go