Rules

Learn with Go Magic

Go Magic is a relatively new Go study and instruction platform created by an international team to teach new players and help them advance to the level of master, or the dan level as referred to in Japanese. This begginer course is taught by Vadim Efimenko, 4 dan, one of the founders of Go Magic. He is an excellent teacher and the lessons also include practice sets to help learners understand the concepts being taught. (Highly recommended.)

How to Play Go — A Modern Tutorial to Learn Go Rules: This starter page features an 8 minute video to get you started and then a link to the full, free interactive beginner's course. It also offers the full rules in a text format. So, however you like to learn, Go Magic has your back. 

Learn with Awesome Baduk

Awesome Baduk is a learning platform similar to Go Magic, but created by a team of professional Korean Baduk (Go) players. This is also a great resource for learning. 

• Basic Rules: In this first part of Awesome Baduk's Beginners Lessons series, Yeon Woo Cho, a professional Korean Baduk (Go)  player teachers the rules of the game. (~18 minutes)

• 5 Types of Connection: This second part of the series talks about how to keep your pieces (stones) strong and connected. (~18 minutes)

• The Forbidden Point: The third part of the series goes over moves that are illegal or forbidden. (~13 minutes)

• Ko: This last part of the series goes over the rule of 'ko' which is necessary to keep players from bogging down in endless repetition during the game. (~13 minutes)

All of the lessons above are free. However, like Go Magic, Awesome Baduk also offers paid subscriptions to courses to help students progress until they have gained a fundamental mastery of the game and more. Check out all their offerings at Awesomebaduk.com.