Everything you need to start playing Go on the 9×9 board
What you will learn
Master the Basics of Go: Gain a solid understanding of Go rules and strategies, whether playing on a 9×9, 13×13, or 19×19 board.
Enhance Your Board Skills: Learn how to effectively use the 9×9 board to sharpen your tactical understanding and improve your reading skills.
Understand Key Concepts: Be able to identify and exploit weak points in your opponent’s formation, creating opportunities for decisive plays.
Strategic Thinking: Develop a keen sense of positional judgment and strategic planning, crucial for outmaneuvering your opponents.
Advanced Problem Solving: Solve simple life and death (Tsumego) problems to enhance your reading and visualization abilities.
Exploitation of Weaknesses: Identify and exploit common weaknesses in your opponent’s strategy, turning potential threats into opportunities.
By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with a full toolkit to start playing Go on 9×9 board, making each game a rewarding and strategic experience.
Why take this course?
Welcome to the world of Go, an ancient game that’s as simple as it is profound. Played by emperors, philosophers and war commanders in the past, Go continues to engage and captivate modern intellectuals today. More than just a game — Go is a masterclass in efficient thinking, sharpening your mind with every game.
In this course you will learn the rules of Go in all of their simplicity and splendor.
The rules of Go could in fact be presented in a single video lesson. This course however has a different purpose. It is meant to make sure you can play your first games even without a teacher standing over your shoulder. Not only will you learn Go rules but you will also acquire some basic Go skills. All of this will help you have more fun playing Go and maybe even get your first victories.
Here’s what you are about to learn:
Lesson 1. Go set, game objective, liberties.
Lesson 2. Eyes and what they do.
Lesson 3. Game sample and scoring.
Lesson 4. Atari Go and some tricks.
Lesson 5. More complex game. Rule of ko.
Lesson 6. Nigiri, handicap, Go ranks.
Lesson 7. Where to play Go?
After learning the rules of Go, we recommend trying to play a few games on a 9×9 board.