Here is a video if you learn better by hearing. After the video is some text about learning, that will be easier for all of you readers out there =D. This site is an interactive tutorial on How to Play GO: http://playgo.to/interactive/ This is a helpful, yet VERY CHEESY, video on how to play Go.
It is said that the rules of go can be learned in minutes, but that it can take a lifetime to master the game. Click here for our Top Ten Reasons to Play Go.
Two
players alternate in placing black and white
stones on a large (19x19 line) ruled board, with the aim of
surrounding territory. Stones are never moved, and only
removed if they are completely surrounded. The game rewards
patience and balance over aggression and
greed; the balance of influence and territory may shift
many times in the course of a game, and a strong player
must be prepared to be flexible but
resolute.
Like the Eastern martial arts, Go can teach concentration, balance, and discipline. One cannot disguise one's personality on the Go board.
The game
combines beauty and intellectual
challenge. It can be played on a traditional,
carved wooden board, with black and white stones made from
slate and clamshell, or on a paper board with plastic
stones. In either case, the patterns formed by the black
and white stones are visually striking and can exercise an
almost hypnotic attraction as one "sees" more and more in
the constantly evolving positions.
"Good shape" is the highest compliment one
can pay to a move in the game of go. The game appeals to
many kinds of minds -- to musicians and artists, to
mathematicians and computer programmers, to entrepreneurs
and options traders. Children learn the game readily and
can reach high levels of mastery.
Because go lends itself to a uniquely reliable system of handicaps, players of widely disparate strengths can enjoy relatively even contests. The game can be a casual pastime for the idle hour -- or a way of life. Michael Redmond, the only Western player to have won status as a middle-level professional player in Asia, when asked why he had devoted his life to go, replied, "Because I love the game."
We hope
you will too.
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What Is Pair Go?
Pair go was invented around 1990 in Japan to increase the number of women playing go. Since then, the Japan Pair Go Association has sponsored an annual professional Pair Go tournament, and an annual international amateur Pair Go tournament. The results have been impressive, with more women playing in pair tournaments each year.Pandanet's Internet Go Server "Panda Egg": client provides for pair go play, and a special "AGA-Egg" members to play both individual and pair go games has been set up.
Pair go is a very interesting variation of go, requiring each player to analyze what the other three are thinking. Partners, in particular, have to try to understand each others’ moves, even if their ranks are very different. Some find this quite stressful, while others find this to be FUN!
Each annual US Go Congress features a major Pair Go tournament, with over fifty pairs participating. The AGA encourages clubs to hold pair go tournaments throughout the year. The AGA Pair Go Coordinator is Allan Abramson.
Article from: http://www.usgo.org/resources/whatisgo.html