About this website
As my favorite resource for Go-Lessons and News concerning Go suddenly became a paying-visitors-only site I decided to create a free lessons database for amateur Go players myself. The webisite went online as an alpha-version on 2008-07-21 and has since been growing steadily.
FAQ - Frequently asked questions
Is really everything for free?
Yes, everything is for free. The content is user created and must not be paid for. If you want to contribute or show your gratitude, feel free to submit your own material.
How do I submit something?
Submitting is easy. Just go to the category you'd like to submit something in (Theory, Reviews, Tsumego, Go-News or Pro-Games) and click on the "Submit Content" button on the left.
What do I get for submitting something?
Apart from the gratitude of your readers you get a free link to your homepage (if you wish), wich will highten your google pagerank. The more you submit the more links you get the better your pagerank becomes. It's that simple ;-)
Who will have the copyright?
If you submitted something you retain your copyright, meaning that you only allow us to use your content. If you wish to withdraw this permission you can do so at any given time
What is Go?
"Go is a strategic board game for two players. It is known as weiqi in Chinese , igo or go in Japanese, and baduk in Korean. To differentiate it from the common English verb go, it is sometimes capitalized. Go originated in China, where it has been played for at least two thousand years. It is mostly popular in East Asia but has nowadays gained some popularity in the rest of the world as well. Go is noted for being rich in strategic complexity despite its simple rules."
What are "kyu" and "dan"?
Kyu and Dan are ranks. They show how good a player is in order to facilitate finding a matching opponent or creating a fair game using handycap. A beginner starts at 30 kyu (also ofter reffered to as 30k) and makes his way up to 1 kyu (1k). After that he becomes a "master" starting at 1dan up to 8dan, which ich usually the highest possible rank. Above those players are the professional players, starting from 1p to 9p.