A quote from http://www.usgo.org/...

"It is said that the rules of Go can be learned in minutes, but that it can take a lifetime to master the game."

Indeed! I quickly found Go to be an addictive game. I picked up an interest in the game in the fall of 2002. My skill is still very much a simple beginner, but I am learning more about the game each time I play.

Go is a 3,000+ year old game that probably originated in China. A standard Go board is a 19x19 grid on which stones are played on the vertices, not the spaces as in checkers or chess. Smaller boards like 13x13 and 9x9 are often used for teaching and for playing quick games, but 19x19 is the official board size.

Two players take turns placing stones on the board, one at a time. The player playing the black stones moves first. The better of the two players usually plays the white stones.

The game of Go is a game of territory. The object of the game is to capture or control more of the board than your opponent.

My name on Dragon Go Server (a turn-based Go server) is jeffbrown. Feel free to send me a game invite.

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