Go game

This is the go club where you can learn how to play the game or teach it so don't be shy and have fun. This club be helpfully in helping in fuseki, joseki, yose, life and death, tesuji and just playing <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i25.tinypic.com/s4ck5w.jpg" border="0" /><!--center--></div> <div style="text-align: center;">Top Ten Reasons to Play Go <div class="spoiler"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br><ol> <li> Go is the simplest of all games. The object of go -- to surround and capture -- is also the only rule. There are no arbitrary conventions, special exceptions or other burdensome technicalities. <li>Go is the most complex of all games. Nearly all known games have been "solved" for the computer -- that is, the strongest computer programs can defeat the best human players. Even chess now falls into this category. However, the strongest go programs, after decades of effort, are routinely trounced by Asian schoolchildren. Why is go so hard for computers? Because go is much, much more complicated than chess. There are many more possible games of go -- as much as 10 with more than 700 zeroes! -- than there are sub-atomic particles in the known universe. <li>Go is the most popular game in the world today. Although largely unknown in the West, go is wildly popular in Asia, where there are more than 100 million active players. Major tournament winners are international celebrities. With daily newspaper coverage, popular weekly and monthly go magazines 24-hour "all-go-all-the-time" cable stations, go is an incomparably intense part of Asian culture, and its popularity is growing quickly in the West. <li>Go is the oldest game still played in its original form. Go probably originated in China or Tibet, no one really knows. 2500 years ago, Confucius advised his readers to avoid frivolous pastimes and learn the virtues of this already ancient and venerable game. In Japan, the strongest players have been viewed as national heroes for centuries. In China, the birthplace of go, it was suppressed during the Communist era, but came back stronger than ever in the 1980's. Koreans were playing at least 1200 years ago, even before the Japanese, but began taking their play more seriously in the 1950's. Today the world's strongest players come from Korea. With hundreds of millions of fans in these three countries and growing popularity in the West, it may be the most popular game in the world today. When you play go, you are doing something that billions of people have done for thousands of years. Many centuries ago, people were doing the exact same thing, in the exact same way. <li> Every game has a winner. Some games, notably chess, can be difficult to win. Chess matches can go on for months as draws, stalemates, and zugzwangs pile up. Go results are based on a final score, and White wins ties (because Black has the advantage of playing first) so there's a winner every time. <li>All players are equal. Because the game begins with an empty board, it is easy to level the playing field between two players of different strengths. The weaker player simply makes several plays in succession to begin the game. Thus any two players, no matter how far apart in playing strength, can have a mutually challenging game. Even among equal players, the one to go first gains no advantage because he/she must pay a komi (compensation) to the other player for the advantage of going first. <li>You always know where you fit in. Most games require players to be equally skilled in order to enjoy a fair contest. The go handicapping system, similar to the system used in golf, allows any two players in the world to compare strengths and compete on even terms.. The world of go is the ultimate meritocracy -- your place in it depends strictly on your ability. <li> It's easy to learn from mistakes. "A stone laid is a stone played." It's easy to study and improve, because each move remains on the board for the rest of the game (unless captured and removed by the opponent). Each game is a record of itself, and the player can reflect on the consequences of early mistakes that are still staring him/her in the face. Thus, as in life, players have to live with their mistakes. But unlike life, the player can learn what went wrong and try again in another game. <li>Ancient rituals impart important values. As in the martial arts and other ancient Asian disciplines, many traditions have been passed down among go players that allow us to express respect for the opponent, humility, and other important virtues. Time-honored traditions govern every aspect of the game. <li>Go is about building, not destroying. Many popular games involve setting up positions at the beginning, then attacking the enemy. Go begins with an empty board. The object is to create strong, flexible structures, not run around chasing the other guy's pieces. "Life and death" issues may arise, but many games end without the capture of a single stone. If you are looking for a realm in which you can enjoy the development of skill and competition with others, there are many other reasons to choose go -- discover them for yourself!<!--spoiler--></span></div></ul></ol> Game Tutorial <div class="spoiler"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/gECcsSeRcNo&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gECcsSeRcNo&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" 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onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br><!--link--><a href="http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=21817"><img src="http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx270/scoulpan/usb_hng_3.png" border="0" /></a><!--spoiler--></span></div> <span style="font-size: 160%;"><span style="color:red">Go Servers<!--color--></span><!--size--></span> <div class="spoiler"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br><!--link--><a href="http://www.gokgs.com/"><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/15nlhyu.jpg" border="0" /></a> <!--link--><a href="http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/effgic.jpg" border="0" /></a> <!--link--><a href="http://www.flyordie.com/board-games/go.html"><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/3134tmw.jpg" border="0" /></a><!--spoiler--></span></div> <span style="font-size: 160%;"><span style="color:blue">Tournament Winners<!--color--></span><!--size--></span> <div class="spoiler"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br>Ladder tournament winner is Flareknife the ladder tournament is a on-going tournament I may have other fun special tournaments but unless I see more people willing to play in the ladder tournament there may not be another tournament<!--spoiler--></span></div> <!--link--><a href="http://igolocal.net/index.php?preload=user&user_id=1917"> <img src="http://igolocal.net/badge.php?user_id=1917" border="0" /> </a> <span style="font-size: 120%;"><span style="color:red">Join igo local This is a pretty good way to find those hard-to-reach Go players <!--color--></span><!--size--></span> Go sites <div class="spoiler"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.nextSibling.nextSibling.style.display='block';this.style.display='none';" value="Show spoiler"> <span class="spoiler_content" style="display:none"><input type="button" class="button" onClick="this.parentNode.style.display='none';this.parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[0].style.display='block';" value="Hide spoiler"><br>. <a href="http://www.playgo.to/iwtg/en/" target="_blank">http://www.playgo.to/iwtg/en/</a> great place too learn basics of go <a href="http://senseis.xmp.net/" target="_blank">http://senseis.xmp.net/</a> Great place for any rank go data base <a href="http://www.goproblems.com/" target="_blank">http://www.goproblems.com/</a> a pretty gud place for Life and death <a href="http://eidogo.com/#kjd" target="_blank">http://eidogo.com/#kjd</a> gud place too learn joseki <a href="http://www.brugo.be/" target="_blank">http://www.brugo.be/</a> joseki <a href="http://www.josekipedia.com/" target="_blank">http://www.josekipedia.com/</a> joseki <a href="http://tsumego.tasuki.org/?page=tsumego" target="_blank">http://tsumego.tasuki.org/?page=tsumego</a> More life and death <a href="http://gokifu.com/" target="_blank">http://gokifu.com/</a> Great place to review pro games <a href="http://gobase.org/" target="_blank">http://gobase.org/</a> <a href="http://www.weiqiok.com/asp/English.asp" target="_blank">http://www.weiqiok.com/asp/English.asp</a> <a href="http://www.learngo.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.learngo.co.uk/index.html</a> <a href="http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Sp/tsumego/index-e.html" target="_blank">http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Sp/tsumego/index-e.html</a> <a href="http://gochild2009.appspot.com/" target="_blank">http://gochild2009.appspot.com/</a> <a href="http://gogameguru.com/" target="_blank">http://gogameguru.com/</a> <!--spoiler--></span></div> <!--link--><a href="http://whos.amung.us/stats/d2ozt0z1jhlj/"> <img src="http://whos.amung.us/widget/d2ozt0z1jhlj.png" border="0" /></a> <!--center--></div><!--spoiler--></span></div>