How to Play Go

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Go has been played in China for thousands of years, but it wasn't until it was introduced to Japan 1,200 years ago that it achieved real popularity.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A game board
Black and white stones
Two players

Step 1: Set the board up

Set the lined, empty board on a flat surface.

Tip: Go can be played on a square board marked by any number of crossing lines. Conventional boards use nine by nine, 13 by 13, or 19 by 19 lined grids.

Step 2: Place a stone

Place a black stone on any intersection of lines on the board. Your opponent will then place a white stone at a different vacant intersection.

Tip: It is customary for the more experienced player to use white stones and for the player using black stones to move first.

Step 3: Place adjacent stones

Take turns placing black and white stones at vacant intersections. Try to place your stones adjacent to each other on the same vertical or horizontal line.

Tip: The object of the game is to surround vacant areas, called points, on the board with your stones. You can also capture your opponent's stones by completely surrounding them. Stones remain in place unless captured.

Step 4: Terminate play

Continue placing stones until neither you nor your opponent can capture any more territory, or until you both agree that further play offers no additional advantages.

Step 5: Tally the score

Tally the score. One point is given for each vacant position within one's own territory, and one point for every stone captured. The player with the larger amount of territory plus captured stones wins.

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[JoeyCanPwnRS]

Its probably called "Go" 'cause one idiot took 3 minutes to make a move, and his buddy started yelling "GO GO GO GO ASSHOLE GO MOVE WTF GO".

[SimonGriffindor]

Yeah that's an okay intro, but missed far too much info!

[mrtopaz]

did not learn anything about the game from watching this movie. sorry.

[rbta2191]

No one involved in the making of this video has ever played Go before or they would have never let this video be uploaded to Youtube.

[sockyquest]

This is terrible intro to a great game. I saw several illegal positions (stones surrounded that should have been removed), and this doesn't teach anywhere near enough to start playing. Check out GoshawkHeron's tutorials if you want a better intro

[YSFmemories]

This is misleading. "Conventional boards are 9x9, 13x13, or 19x19". While 9x9 and 13x13 are played more than say 5x5 or 21312321x21312321, your comment makes it seem as if these three sizes are of equal importance.

The fact is, go is a 19x19 board game, but sometimes it can also be played on a 9x9 or 13x13 to teach beginners. Heck, even 17x17 (tibetian go) is more accurate to be called conventional than 9x9 or 13x13.

[spore637]

Black and white...STONES?? WTF??

[gocrazy432]

@KomoPineconeseed This isn't the best introduction video, look up my video or goshawkheron's videos for better tutorials

[turfele]

Go humans!

[waynemv]

Regarding the final statement in the video: Aarima is another board game where the best human players still almost always win when playing against the best computer opponents.