Internet Resources

There are many Go links on the web, the following are some good places to start from.

• Introduction to Go (from the Nihon Ki-in Pages)
• GoBase.Org (one of the best collections of Go links) 
• Toriyamaworld.com (a Japanese Manga site with links to Go)
• Go Teaching Ladder (you review a weaker game - a stronger player reviews your game)
• The Daily Yomiuri (a Japanese Newspaper Column - in English) 
• goproblems.com (a Browser plugin may be needed for these interactive problems)
• Kiseido.com (the home page of one of the best Go servers, it has a Learn to Play section and other useful stuff)
• Sensei's Library (a Wiki reference site for everything connected with Go)
• go books (reviews of Go books)
• The Interactive Way to Go (a step-by-step approach to learning Go)
• Go database (a collection of games and other stuff, and a forum for discussion)
• play.baduk (test your Go level, from Alex Dinerchtein; also see his Goama site listed below)

International Go Organisations and Associations

• The International Go Federation (The IGF is a federation of 69 national Go associations; it is a member of IMSA, the International Mind Sports Association, and GAISF, the General Association of International Sports Federations)
• Nihon Ki-in (Japanese Professional Go Association)
• The New Zealand Go Society
• British Go Association
• American Go Association
• European Go Federation

Australian Go Distributors

• J.W. & S. Hardy (a wide range of books, boards, stones and Go resources)
• Ready Set Go

Internet Go Servers (play on-line)

• The Kiseido Go Server (KGS)
• Internet Go Server (IGS) 
• Dragon Go Server 
• Go Sensations - game records and news of very strong players on a number of servers 

Correspondence Go

• FICGS Free Internet Correspondence Games Server, for Chess and Go

Newsgroups

• rec.games.go (various discussions about Go)

On-line Newletters

• Australian Go Journal
• American Go e-Journal from the American Go Association
• Goama edited by Alexander Dinerchtein ("breakfast") from the Russian Go Federation. Alex also offers Go lessons and a Go database; also a fan club for Lee Changho

Go Software

Beginners can learn the basics of Go at home with some of the software available on the Internet. Most Go software isn't very strong, but is fine for players up to about 15-20 Kyu. Beyond this, most players have learnt how to trick the programs and they become useless. Players can also learn by downloading games from Professionals on the Internet. To do this, they will need software that reads games in Standard Go Format (SGF). Here is a selection of Go programs and SGF readers.

• CGoban3 (an SGF Editor and KGS client for Windows, Mac and Linux clients)
• The Many Faces of Go (a Computer Go program)

AGATHA 

The AGA uses a custom Tournament Management software application called AGATHA, which is available for Mac, Windows and Linux platforms. As well as taking care of tournament tasks such as registering players and making the draw, it calculates Credit Points and provides reports for the AGA rating system. It is available from the Files section.