Complete Go rules
Captures, the suicide ban, and real ko fights — find a threat, your opponent answers, then recapture.
Learn Go
Learn Go
碁 · The Way of Go
The ancient game, in a calm modern room.
Play against the built-in engine, ask the coach about any position, and learn the rules — captures, ko fights, life and death — on 9×9, 13×13, or the full 19×19 board. Every stone placed is a small lesson in patience.
Begin the pathGo is the oldest board game still played in its original form — more than four thousand years old, yet every game is new. Two colors, one board, and a lifetime of shapes. Learn Go keeps that spirit intact: a quiet room, a wooden board, and nothing between you and the position.
The rules are among the simplest in all of games; the depth is among the deepest. Learn Go walks that road with you — the engine plays beside you, the coach explains each shape, and the coordinates around the board make every suggestion easy to find.
Stones capture their neighbours when the last liberty is taken.
You may not play a stone with no liberties — unless it captures.
No immediate recapture that returns the board to its prior shape.
When both pass, count your enclosed space plus prisoners. Komi settles White.
The board grows with you. Begin small, where every stone matters; end on the full 19×19, the board of masters for a thousand years.
The beginner's board — quick games, clear shapes, and every capture visible at a glance.
The middle path — real opening strategy with games that still fit an evening.
The full board — the game as it has been played for centuries, complete and unbounded.
Captures, the suicide ban, and real ko fights — find a threat, your opponent answers, then recapture.
The opponent plays Black or White and reads the board before every move — with a solid fallback strategy even when offline.
Ask anything: What is the best move? Explain this position. The coach answers in plain language with standard coordinates.
Step back a move, pass when the board is settled, and close the game with an area score and komi.
Column letters and row numbers frame every edge — A–J, 1–9 — so each suggestion from the coach is a point you can find.
Your games and settings live only on your device. No accounts, no ads, no analytics.
Choose the 9×9 board, connect your wallet, and play Black. The engine answers calmly while you explore.
Whenever you wonder — why there? — open the coach and ask about the position in front of you.
Move to 13×13, then 19×19. Each size teaches a new layer of the game — from capture to territory to the whole board.
No. Start on 9×9 and let the coach explain the rules as they appear — captures, ko, and territory are all taught through play.
It reads the board and plays solid, reasonable moves — an ideal sparring partner for learning. It is not a professional engine, and it never claims to be.
Learn Go connects to your Solana wallet simply to identify your session — it receives your public address and nothing else. Your keys never leave your wallet; the app never signs or sends transactions.
On your device. Games, settings, and the wallet address used for entry are kept in local storage and never sent to any server. Clearing the app's data or uninstalling removes everything.
Yes — the coach and the engine's considered replies are powered by a remote AI service, so they need a connection. Without one, the engine still plays using its built-in fallback strategy.
Enter with a single wallet connection — public address only. No accounts to remember, no data to surrender. The board is yours; the quiet is yours.