Go Problems on the Web

BGA Go calendar for 1977

12 difficult problems: graphic and ascii versions.

Bill Shubert

Two new problems each day. These problems are generated by Thomas Wolf’s GoTools program, and have a slightly artificial feel to them.

The Dashn Go server

On that page, click on “Play Life & Death”. About 100 problems, various grades. You have to have a Dashn login name.

GoBase.org

A collection of over 1000 problems, including the famous Korean Problem Academy and Ancient Wei-qi Patterns.

GoProblems.com

Over 9000 problems. A good variety of problems, in an interactive format. You can have the solution with the solution shown in several formats. Anyone can add new problems to the site.

Hitachi

Two new problems each week by top Japanese amateur Minoru Harada, answers the following week. Over 500 problems so far. The site has seperate Japanese and English language sections.

The IGS-PandaNet go server

Each of these pages leads to 20 life and death problems.

Sixteen difficult problems. On this page of the MSO web site, look two-thirds of the way down the right-hand column, for the section headed “Gateway To All Marvels”. This has a link to each of the problems.

Sensei’s Library

Various problems and sets of problems. In particular, see:

Steve Bailey’s problem of the month

A new problem every month since January 1996 until December 2005.

Szsoftware

You download and install (under Windows) their “Die or Live” program. 728 nicely presented problems, with solutions shown and wrong answers refuted. Also another 300 more difficult problems, with no solutions unless you pay the $15 registration fee.

Tsumego

Tsumego, a Go problems mailing list. Receive each week 3 or 4 life and death problems from 20 kyu to 5 dan set up by Fan Hui, 2 dan pro, the best rated player in Europe.

Promoting Go in the UK and beyond