About These Baduk Video Tutorials

Looking for video tutorials for the board game game go/baduk/weiqi? Then you have come to the right place! On this and the following "go videos" pages, there are plenty of videos grouped by difficulty. I haven't made these videos myself, so all credit goes to the respective teachers. These pages were made so that baduk players could have a convenient reference for material on how to play go. Instead of having to look for baduk videos yourself on youtube, the best of them(in my opinion) has been collected and categorized on this website. If you are unsure of your playing strength, Alexandre Dinerchtein has made a site where you can test your rank, and also a site where you can discover your go style. Now lets learn how to play go!

How to Play Go for Beginners

If you are just getting started with baduk, I recommend taking a look at the videos on this page. If you understand everything in these videos, and played a couple of games, then you are ready to move on to the next level. Also remember to check out my go equipment guide for tips on what go set you should buy. Serious players should have their own go set!

The first 4 videos are well known in the go community, simply because these videos are very good introductory videos for the game of go.

Here is another video that teaches how to play go. The guy in the video doesn't go over everything(like the ko rule), but it's a good quick video that summarizes some of the basics.

The next two videos were made by the American Go Association(AGA). They use the Chinese scoring system, instead of the more popular Japanese scoring system. The difference is that the Chinese scoring rules says that the stones themselves are worth 1 point each, as the guy in the videos below points out. This however, is not the case when playing baduk by the Japanese rules. Under the Japanese rules, the stones themselves do not add to the score(unless captured).

The final video is a bit more advanced. Unlike the other videos who were aimed at complete beginners, this video is for people around 20 kyu, and may be a bit hard to grasp if you haven't played any games yet.