How a game is Progressed

How to get started?

By now you may already understand how to capture stones.However, in the beginning of a real game, you have to play on a board with nothing on it.

First, please take a look at the vast 19x19 board and see how we divide it into areas and how we refer to each one..

As shown above, the 4 areas near the coner of the board is called "corners" and the area between the two corners are "sides" and the center is "middle".There are no distinct borders between these areas and we are just using these names for convenience.
From which area do you want to start to move?


How a game is started !!!!!

The beginning - How a game is started
36 Kyu problems - The middle game
End game - How to count territory?
End game(2)
Cutting stones - Tear them apart!
Defending - Prevent the cut
One Point Jump - very good move
More about jumps
35 Kyu Problems - The game is almost over
34 Kyu Problems
Game Examples
Komi - A little bonus for white