Learn to play go

Following the advise of another 43ter, I have downloaded Igowin 1.0, by David Fotland. I have been playing a lot, and after some days I have been learning “on the battleground”. I know a computer is not the best option to learn go, but with a 9×9 board it is fine if our scope is just learning the basics.

I am happy that today I have reached a kyu 9 level! I am a single-digit kyu (in the program’s opinion). It was hard, even though ironically the last game was easier than the previous ones (see picture).

Well, I don’t like to spend much time reading about the rules and such things, I prefer to learn on the ground. So today I have decided to go to Yahoo Games and play with somebody. Obviously it has been quite a nice defeat, but even so I enjoyed it, and I have got a good advise about telgo.com, a website to learn more.

The image is a screenshot of the end of the second game. My opponent won by a narrow 71-13!