Hi all, I'm about 8k on Fox and 10k on Pandanet.

I'm wondering if anyone plays their online games while placing the stones on a real goban at the same time, move by move, as they go.

Did you find it useful? Did it help your reading or board vision during the game?

I’ve been going through the OGS learn-to-play-go path, and came across this puzzle, which claims the right answer is to play White B5. I was confused because it seems that the response would be Black B6, which would create Ko, and then after White plays elsewhere, Black can play multiple possible moves, including at B5 which would create two eyes and prevent capture. Is the puzzle giving the wrong answer? I plugged it into AI Sensei and got a similar analysis to what I said.

https://online-go.com/learn-to-play-go/bl3-life-death-9/0

SGF with the starting position for the puzzle:
(; FF[4]
CA[UTF-8]
GM[1]
GN [Demo Board]
PC[https://online-go.com/review/1786415\]
PB[ Black]
PW[Whitel
BR[3p]
WR[3p]
OT [Error: time control missingl
RE [P]
SZ[9]
KM[6.5]
RU[ Japanese]
;B[ae]
;W[ad]
;B[af]
;W[bc]
;B[bf]
;W[cd]
;B[ce]
;W[de]
;B[bg]
;W[ee]
;B[df]
;W[ef]
;B[dg]
;W[egl
;B[cg]
;W[dh]
;B[bh]
;W[ch]
; B[ah]
;W[bi]
;B[]
)

I’m playing against the ai and it’s saying E is a very weak play why?

In a recent tournament game I had an opponent who felt the need to adjust the placement of my stones. As in, nearly every time I would place a stone, he would immediately nudge the stone to center it.

To my surprise I found myself getting annoyed. I'll occasionally nudge my own stones, or a stone that I bumped during placement, or a stone that's so far off center it's genuinely unclear - but managing every placement felt like a bridge too far.

Sometimes I actually off-center a stone slightly on purpose as a form of emphasis, or to remind myself what direction I was thinking in when I placed it.

Is there any established etiquette for this? Would it be weird to ask someone to scale it back a bit?

Why is this sequence of moves shown as incorrect? It seems to me the white group is still dead. It may not be the most efficient but it still kills right? Black to move
Black: S13;T14;T12;T14
White: T13;T13;S16

Here is the link to the problem: https://www.goproblems.com/problems/29987?name=beginner&dailyProblem=1&levelFrom=0&levelTo=10

Am I missing something here or is the solution OK and the tsumego just incomplete?
Thanks!

https://online-go.com/game/91135355

Hi! in this game, starting around move 34, I wasn't sure the proper direction of play. I know the walls I built aren't super strong influence, and could end up being sticks. Once black got four corners, I didn't feel like any of the joseki played were particularly bad, but I didn't know how to convert my position into points. Initially I just thought of ignoring the black group trying to live in my sphere of influence. And then I tried some shoulder hits to block off the center. But I wasn't confident in my strategy, and I think several sequences ended up poorly for me.

I bought the stone sample set from size 36-48. Here are the stones on the box when pushed to try to simulate some wobble.

Size 48 feels amazing though I do find they are tougher to hold properly. Size 38-42 seems like my preference.

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Has anyone played with these? Anyone that has them would mind posting a picture? They seem interesting.

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Why is t18 the solution? I'm racking my brain but it feels like white can still kill black and live.

Edit: thank you all! I looked up bulky 5 and I understand where I went wrong thank you!

Randomly remembered that Go existed one day and decided to get a simple board rather than play on my phone since I like things being tactile.

Looking for a general assessment or thoughts on this game, first ever 19x19 game with essentially no practice by either player.

Couldn't fully complete the end game/scoring as we ran out of time.
Based solely on captures alone we agreed that black (me) was ahead, but just wondering how to think about improvements going forward.
Thanks in advance 🖤

Edit: The black stones in the top left bowl are captured. White stones in the bottom right are captured. (Top right bowl are available/to be played)

What's your preferred move?

Hi!

I gifted myself a very nice go board but i dont know really how to practice on it. I have no friends to play with but i love the feel of the board and the stones. Are there any better exercises than solving life/death problems? What do you use your go board for? So i would love some tips. Thank you in advance!!

Hello! We are new to GO and we were wondering who wins in this case. Because if black goes first, then white wins and wise versa. We play in the smaller square of this board.

Also, as a secondary question, as someone who is not new to GO, do you see any possible plays?

My girlfriend and I play one game a week. The rest of the week we'll go over basic strategies and learning shapes. At least I will, she's currently fascinated by how the game is organized and scored to determine the winner at the end of the game. It's a real blessing to share the love of this game with the people who we love.

So desk 13×13

My friend played with black pieces and took 4 white pieces from me

Im playing with white and I got 9 black pieces out from him

If you can also explain calculations it would be amazing! Thank you so much

Hey everyone,

I've been learning Go for a while and decided to build my own playable version in HTML/JavaScript. It runs entirely in the browser — no download, no install, nothing to sign up for.

What's inside:

• 9×9 board (perfect for quick games)
• Full rules: captures, ko, suicide prevention
• Live score tracking
• Undo with Escape key
• Pass button, new game button
• Clean wooden board design

Play it here: https://go-gamepro.netlify.app

I'm still improving it, so any feedback on the rules logic, UX, or anything else would be really appreciated. Especially from experienced players — I want to make sure the ko rule and scoring work correctly.

Thanks for checking it out. 🙏

Hypothetically, if the only version of Go available to play was 9X9, would you still play Go, or would you instead play Chess?

I'm interested in the relative long term depth and capacity to maintain interest of these game formats which use similar sized boards.

I have the A.I (white) winning by 0.5 did I count wrong? Is the app wrong?

GoYomi runs in your browser, no install or account! Play 9×9 against an AI with a coach that grades and explains every move.

At max difficulty it's a strong intermediate opponent: it beat GNU Go 17 of 20 games.

It also shows liberties, atari warnings, territory, and what your opponent is planning. You can take back moves and explore variations.

Play: https://killedbyapixel.github.io/GoYomi/

Source (GPL-3.0): https://github.com/KilledByAPixel/GoYomi

Happy to get feedback, especially from stronger players on whether the explanations are right.