"GO" instructions?

Question

I have the game GO and dont really understand the instructions. I also read the info on wikipwdia but that didnt help either. I even watched others play on the internet games but they move too fast. For some reason I just can't grasp the complete concept of the game. Can someone please explain the game in easy to understand directions? Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Go is a classic game that falls under the heading "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master".
1. Players place a single go stone of their color on the board each turn. Stones are played at the intersection of the board lines.
2. Whenever a stone or a group of stones of a color is completely surrounded, meaning that every intersection that touches that group is occupied by a stone of another color, the player of the surrounding color removes the surrounded stones and adds them to the captured stones. If the stone that is placed would immediately be captured but also encloses and captures a stone or group of stones of the opposing color, then the stones of the opposite color are captured (e.g. one space left within a group of stones, the hole is surrounded by black stones, but there is a connecting line of white stones, and the group of black stones is otherwise surrounded by white. If white plays a stone in that space, the black stones are captured, instead of the white stone being captured immediately on play.)
3. A player cannot play a stone to recreate the board situation from one turn prior (e.g. In an area of mixed black and white stones, Black plays a stone that captures a White stone. White cannot then place a stone in the space that was just captured to capture a black stone).
4. The game ends when both players pass, usually when a determination is made that no further plays will benefit either player. Scoring counts the areas enclosed by each player, less the stones that were captured by the opponent.

Other than that, there is further understanding about the strategy and mechanisms of Go, but those are the essential rules.

Answer 2

Download igowin.exe. Probably the best tutorial out there for ppl who have nvr played or exposed to GO

Answer 3

the point of the game is to surround your enemy and by doing so, take their pieces and gain "territory" the one with the most territory at the end wins

Answer 4

yea, thats why you have to get familiar with go 1st... so go try getting a few go tutorial programs and practice a lot... try this site (http://www.toriyamaworld.com/go/gettingstarted.html) that should give you a pretty good idea on playing go... gl with go

Answer 5

ye, yu hide the game and let it grow old with that sauce stain you forgot to remove

Answer 6

sorry to say but never heard of it hope you have good winnings

Answer 7

http://www.samarkand.net/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_game
very good
i love playing Go i am at the amateur level...right now...