Guide to the BGA website

You may be able to find what you are looking for by doing Edit Find from your browser, and typing the keyword that interests you.

A more exhaustive and complete index exists at the site index.

Go

• A Cartoon Introduction to Go
• Introduction to Go (or split into 4 parts:)
  • Part One - About Go and the BGA
  • Part Two - Rules of Go
  • Part Three - Example game
  • Part Four - Elementary Go problems
• The FridgeGo set's rules
• Tips for Getting Stronger (for beginners)
• About Go rules
• Comparison of different rulesets (not recommended for beginners)
• Go problems

The British Go Association

• About the BGA
• BGA membership application form
• The BGA constitution
• History of Go in Britain
• Officials and Committees of the BGA
• Pictures of some BGA members
• Mailing lists for Go-related discussion

BGA Clubs

• Map of BGA clubs
• Alphabetical list
• Promotional material for club organisers

Ratings

• BGA rating list, graphs, and FAQ
• Dan certificates awarded by the BGA, and the system under which this is done

Teachers and Teaching

• List of Go teachers. Recommended are:
  • Guo Juan 5p, who lives in Amsterdam
  • Peter Wendes offers workshops for beginners
  • Tony Atkins workshops for beginners and improvers
• Policy on working with young people and consent form
• Guidelines for BGA volunteers visiting schools
• Some assorted information for teachers of young Go players
• The BGA's Shodan Challenge

Youth

• Junior section, including:
  • Junior rating list
  • The Junior Grand Prix
  • Junior Go Champions
  • Junior Go Clubs
• Castledine-Barnes Trust - assists young Go players
• Some assorted information for teachers of young Go players
• The UK Go Challenge for schools

Go Tournaments

• Upcoming tournaments
• Past results
• Current title holders and past winners
• A brief guide to the McMahon tournament system
• Resources for Go tournament organisers including
  • Tournament Organisers’ FAQ
  • Old version of the Organiser's handbook
  • Sample press release for tournaments
  • Other advice on publicity
  • The GoDraw program, for conducting a McMahon tournament draw
  • Officially sanctioned rules for tournaments
• How representatives to international tournaments are selected

The British Go Championship

• The British Go Championship
• Rules of the Championship
• History of the Championship

News

• News Index links to
  • UK Tournament news
  • Overseas Tournament news
  • Other news
  • Diary
  • Small ads

The British Go Journal

• Some old issues of the British Go Journal, online
• Purchase backnumbers of the British Go Journal
• SGF records from recent Journals
• Guidelines for submissions to the Journal
• Index to the British Go Journal

Obtaining Go Equipment

• BGA Bookshop (also sells boards, etc)
• Other suppliers in the UK

Go Software

• Computers and Go
  • Commercial Go playing programs
  • Assorted Go software and resources that can be downloaded
  • Some software reviews
  • Computer tournament results

Playing Go Online

• Guide to playing Go online

The BGA Website

• Complete site index (more detailed than this guide)
• What's new?
• Older changes
• About this site (with overview of who is responsible for what)

External Links

• British sites
• Other English language sites (includes some of the world's best sites for studying Go)
• European Go Federation
• International Go Federation
• Other classic games
• Foreign Language sites

Miscellaneous Subjects

• In the Dark? - a guide to some terms you may encounter
• Celebrities who have played Go
• Go artifacts in Britain (e.g. museum exhibits, etc)
• Some Japanese Go Terms
• Technical documents