Ready to Learn Baduk?
Hello all go players, and welcome to my website about go! The game of go has many names(go, baduk, igo, weiqi, wei-chi) but "go" is the most common word for it within the Western world. However, since the word "go" can mean so many different things, I named this site "learnbaduk" so it's easier to find it when googling, and this is also the reason why I will sometimes use the word "baduk" instead of "go" on this website. For those of you who doesn't know what go is, go is a mind game similar to chess. The game of go is an ancient Chinese board game even older than chess is, and it may very well be the oldest board game in the world (you can read more about its history here: The History of Go).
Anyhow, I've been playing this game since the summer of 2007 after having watched an anime called
Hikaru No Go
If you are completely new to the game, you should probably check out the Go Game Rules page and/or take a look at the Go Videos(30-20 Kyu) page, I've assembled some introductory go video tutorials from various YouTube users there. Also check out the Go Equipment Guide for some tips on what go sets are worth buying. So please take a look around and feel free to contact me on my twitter if you have any recommendations, questions or thoughts. I used to direct people to my e-mail address but it just got flooded with spam so it's much better to contact me on twitter instead. This way I will see the message immediately. On some of this websites pages you can now also leave a comment(2013 update).
I like to play online, and mostly on the Kiseido Go Server. My user name there is "dragonfist" and my level is 1 kyu, so if you want to play a game of go with me you know where to find me. If you don't know what the Kiseido Go Server is you should take a look at the Online Go Servers page, there I talk about the most popular places on the web to play go. Now lets have fun and learn baduk! :-)
