Information about Go on the Internet

Sites on the World Wide Web

With internet access, you will be able to read pages about Go on the World Wide Web. There are many of them, and most of them include lists of links to other such pages or pages on other sites.

If you do a "web search" for Go-related pages, you will find that Go is a useless word to search for. Try baduk (Korean) and weiqi (Chinese) instead. Baduk is the better of these, giving few false positives (it is a word in Basque) whereas Weiqi is also a Chinese personal name.

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囲碁		Japanese for Go
圍棋		Traditional Chinese for Go
围棋		Simplified Chinese for Go

Social Networking Sites

The internet has various social networking sites. The BGA has a presence on two of them. If you use another, why not help set up the BGA on that too?

The BGA has had a group on Facebook since March 2007 and well as the usual features, such as the message wall, the BGA invites group members to forthcoming Go events.

The BGA (britgo) has been posting news tweets with links to the BGA site since April 2009.

Discuss Go by Email

There are several Go-related mailing lists which you can join. The way a mailing list works works is that an item of email, sent once to the address of the mailing list, is automatically forwarded to all members of the list.

You often join or leave a mailing list by sending a message to a robot. The robot will only be able to read straight text. So if you send it html, or anything else other than plain ascii text, it will not work. Most failed attempts to join mailing lists are caused by Outlook Express deciding to send email in mime, html, or some other format, without its user realising that it is doing this. Also, some software won't permit the sending of an empty subject - if you have this problem, set the subject to a single space.

Some lists are joined by filling in a form on a web page.

Information about unsubscribing, lost passwords and so on, for the BGA lists, is also available via each list's information page.

Mailing List	How to join	How to leave	Address to send to the list
BGA Gotalk An open mailing list run on behalf of the British Go Association. It is a forum for all British Go players, for general discussion of the game of Go.	Visit http://lists.britgo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gotalk. You will find some general information about the list and a form where you can fill in your email address and a password. After you have clicked the "subscribe" button wait to receive an email with a title like "gotalk -- confirmation of subscription -- request 123456" The purpose of this message is to prevent other people subscribing you to the list against your will. Please reply to this message according to the instructions. Some time later you will receive an email with the title "Welcome to the gotalk mailing list".	The welcome email tells you how to unsubscribe.	gotalk@britgo.org
BGA Policy Open only to members of the BGA. It enables you to discuss how the BGA is run; what opportunities it should be taking advantage of; and what its policies should be. Council will also make policy announcements on this list. This list helps Council to be more aware of members' views when it takes decisions.	Visit http://lists.britgo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bga-policy You will find some general information about the list and a form where you can fill in your email address and a password. After you have clicked the "subscribe" button, wait to receive an email with a title like "`bga-policy -- confirmation of subscription -- request 123456`" The purpose of this message is to prevent other people subscribing you to the list against your will. Please reply to this message according to the instructions. Some time later, after someone has determined that you are actually a member of the BGA, you will receive an email with the title "`Welcome to the "bga-policy" mailing list`"	The welcome email tells you how to unsubscribe.	The welcome email tells you how to post and how to alter options for your subscription, change your password and so on.
UK Youth Go	Visit http://lists.britgo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/youth-go and follow the instructions. You may choose between receiving messages individually, or receiving a daily "digest" containing all messages for that day. Your subscription will be held for approval by the list maintainer.	Unsubscribe via the same webpage (bottom section).	youth-go@britgo.org
Computer Go	Visit http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go and follow the instructions.	Unsubscribe via the same webpage (bottom section).	`computer-go@computer-go.org`
Teaching Go Subscribers to this list are interested in teaching children how to play Go.	Send email to goteach@usgo.org with "`subscribe goteach`" in the message body.	Send email to list@usgo.org with "`leave goteach`" in the message body.	`goteach@usgo.org`
The Rules of Go	Send e-mail to majordomo@lists.io.com with no subject and the body of the message being "`subscribe go-rules`"	?	`go-rules@lists.io.com` once you have received a welcome letter from the mailing-list processor

Bulletin Boards about Go

The internet has several bulletin boards (discussion boards, message boards) about Go. Go Discussions is the main one. Some examples are:

Newsgroups about Go

A newsgroup is a section of "usenet" where discussions about a particular topic are held. If you have an internet connection you may have newsreader software with which to download, read, and contribute to newsgroups.

rec.games.go is a (mainly) English-language newsgroup devoted Go. There is a FAQ for rec.games.go. As well as using newsreader software, you can read it via a web page.

japan.games.go is less active, and mainly in Japanese.

Go clubs and tournaments are sometimes advertised on these newsgroups. However, Council has decided that it is not appropriate to advertise British clubs and tournaments there: instead, they should be publicised via the appropriate pages here.

Go Software Download Sites

If you want to download software that is related to Go, there are various sites where you can get it. The BGA provides links to free and shareware items in the BGA Software Catalogue.