Learn Go

Learn the rules of Go from scratch with free interactive lessons. You place stones on a real board, solve small capture puzzles, and get instant feedback on every move. No account needed.

Eight short lessons take you from your first stone to scoring a finished game:

  1. Welcome - play your first moves on the board
  2. Capturing - surround a stone to capture it
  3. Connecting - keep your own stones safe
  4. More capturing - atari and chasing stones
  5. Capture in two moves - plan ahead
  6. Capture tactics - nets and ladders
  7. Eyes - shapes that can never be captured
  8. Counting and scoring - find out who won

After the lessons you can keep practicing against humanlike AI opponents from 30 kyu to 9 dan, and upload your games for a free AI review.