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. The computer plays at your 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 ...!
- AI SENSEI , You need only your browser to play a strong bot -various goban sizes - select button "play vs AI"
- Igowin, suitable for beginners.
- 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
PEDAGOGIC VIDEOS
- Yunguseng Lectures by In-Seong Hwang
- FulguroGo, pedagogic videos for all levels in French
- Go video lectures by Catalin Taranu's
- Baduk Movies, various video lectures on common sequences, many free of charge
- Bat's lectures, video lectures and commented games
- Baduk Doctor, many lectures with detailed and good pedagogic approach
- Go pro Yeonwoo, lectures with many strong AI calculated sequences
- AlphaGo Zero vs Alphago Master, commented games by Michael Redmond, 9-p. High level.
- Baduk TVOfficial Go professional channel operated by Korea Kiwon Foundation. Many tournament games streamed there and with high quality comments in Korean language.
- Go MagicA modern platform to learn and improve Go with carefully-structured video lessons with matching practical exercises. (not for free)
- Go Commentary (commented pro games on youtube)
ONLINE GO SCHOOLS (with pro teachers)
- Christopher Annachachibi (1d ffg/2d fbg) - Fulgurogo
In French or in English:
- Commentaires de parties individuelles: 1h (1 partie) 20€ ou 1h30 (2 parties) 25€
In French:
- Commentaires de parties petit groupe (max 5-6 personnes): 2h30 (3-4 parties) 75€ (15€/personne)
Les sessions sont interactives (on peut poser des questions directement), via Discord pour le vocal, KGS ou OGS pour les parties.
Pour cours sur la Belgique - groupe d'études à Bruxelles - voir https://fulgurogo.be/cours-presentiel/ et aussi https://www.youtube.com/@FulguroGo: vidéos théoriques, parties commentées tous niveaux jusqu’à Dan
- Lucas Neirynck (6d) 10 times belgian champion & French open champion 2020
In French or in English:
- Cours particuliers: 30€/ 1h cours.
In French:
- Cours essai 25€/ personne pour deux semaines
- Adhésion à la ligue Go School en ligne (http://goschool.fr/index.php/cours-en-ligne/)
1 cours + 1 partie + 1 commentaire de partie par semaine pendant 1 mois (5 semaines): 75€ - ou 200€ / 3 mois.
- Kim Ouweleen (4d) - Murugandi
In Dutch or in English:
- Individual lessons for €20 per hour.
Choice between playing a game with review or reviewing an existing game record (either live or via sgf file)
- Group lessons (3 to 6 people) for €15 per person per hour.
Content adapted to the preference of the participants: game commentaries, discussion on a specific topic (fuseki, joseki, problem solving), etc.
Preferred platform is KGS. OGS also possible. Skype or Discord or without voice chat
See also for posters or postcards of go-art, at Murugandi's Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/murugandi.
- Mateusz Surma's online Go School
- Guo Juan's online Go School
- Hwang In-seong's online Go School