# Anyone play Go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327 "2004-09-13T22:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/1 "2004-09-13T22:53:30Z")
I think it is also called stones but I can’t be sure. I have seen people playing it, although I have never watched a game, and would like to learn it. Is there somewhere online I can learn? Anyone play and care to offer tips and strategies? Anyone have it as a program and wants to humiliate a fellow doper via the internet? For some reason I have decided that it is important that I learn this game. Please help. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/2 "2004-09-13T23:06:04Z")
[13,600,000 hits on Google for “Go Game”](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=go+game) Several years ago, I decided that I, too, wanted to learn how to play Go, and spent about a month fussing with it. I even went so far as to gather up green rocks and black rocks to make my own board with. But alas, I’ve forgotten everything. Hopefully the above link will suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/3 "2004-09-13T23:16:04Z")
uh… thanks **Athena**. I was hoping for someone to narrow the search down but point taken :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/4 "2004-09-14T00:17:11Z")
[Go or Wei Qi or Igo or Baduk](http://www.britgo.org/intro/intro1.html) (I have played it, and liked it much better than chess - I’m also thinking of writing a Go-playing program - but don’t have much else to add really) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/5 "2004-09-14T07:17:40Z")
The closest I’ve gotten is [Pente](http://www.pente.net/) its played on the same board, but is much less complicated. Its still quite challenging, and thought provoking. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/6 "2004-09-14T10:02:11Z")
I’ve been learning for the past couple months. It’s deceptively hard. Anyway, I found [this book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0964479613/qid=1095156113/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-3063742-6780626) to be quite helpful, and, someday, I will beat the f%^\*ing computer. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/7 "2004-09-14T11:44:32Z")
[http://www.usgo.org/index.asp](http://www.usgo.org/index.asp) Which has “The Way to Go” here: [http://www.usgo.org/usa/waytogo/W2Go8x11.pdf](http://www.usgo.org/usa/waytogo/W2Go8x11.pdf) and lots of other resources Brian ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-play-go/264327/8 "2004-09-14T15:14:38Z")
Thanks for the links all. I am currently playing pente **picunurse**. It is a great game.