GuidesGo for Beginners: Start on a Small Board
Start Go on a nine-by-nine board with liberties, captures and a worked score. Learn the site’s simple ko and area-scoring rules before your first game.
Read the storyTwo players
Go✦
Simple stones, deep possibilities. Explore territory on a beginner-friendly 9×9 board.
How to play GoStep-by-step · Controls · Rules
Your goalControl more board area than your opponent on a 9×9 board.
- Black starts by placing a stone on an empty intersection.
- Surround opposing groups to remove their final adjacent empty point, called a liberty.
- When both players have finished capturing dead groups, each chooses Pass to end the game.
ControlsTap an empty intersection to place a stone, or use Pass.
Rules & scoringThis simplified variant prevents suicide and immediate ko repetition. Area scoring counts stones and surrounded empty intersections; White receives 6.5 komi. Dead groups are not removed automatically.
Choose New game to restart. Your active board resets on refresh.
Setting up your next round…
Make it your kind of break.
Use the controls above to start a fresh round. Your device handles the game; no account, payment or download is needed. Rules and supported modes are shown in the game itself.
This is local multiplayer: both players use the same device. It does not connect to remote opponents.
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