Beginner Resources

The following is a list of on-live resources for beginners and people just starting out recommended by other Australian Go players.  It should be noted there are many different websites and resources to help play Go, these are just a few to get you started.  Enjoy!

A guide to Go from a beginner (a pdf in many different languages)

Learn to play go website

Nick Sibicky Go lectures playlist on YouTube

Go Magic A learning website with free lessons and paid content/services

JoseDog  A website for learning and practicing joseki (corner fights)

Online-go.com  A great place to meet and play others around Australia and the world

BadukPop app A multi plaform app for learning and playing Go.

Cosumi A website where you can play AI anonymously on 9×9 through 19×19 boards. A great place to practice when you are starting – no embarrassment, no trolling!

Tsumego Hero A large collection of graded Go problems to help learn about life and death, capture and smart moves.

AGA Books

AlphaGo the movie Google’s documentary of the AI match with Lee Sedol

Finally, Double Digit Kyu lessons are on most Thursday evenings from 8:00pm (Sydney time). The Zoom Meeting credentials are: Meeting ID: 826 9614 2901 – Passcode: 806471.  DDK lessons from 2025 can be found here and lessons from 2026 here.