Cardiff Go Club

We are a thriving group of regulars and occasionals who play the Oriental board game of Go. The club has been running for a number of years now, and is free to join and attend. New members are welcome, and will be offered free tuition.

We have players ranked from beginner to the occasional 4 Dan.

Go is a 4,000 year old game played by millions of people Worldwide. It is most popular in the East, but relatively unknown in the West. It is known as Igo in Japan, Wei-Qi in China, and Baduk in Korea. Those who have discovered it are often captivated by its depth and beauty. The rules are very simple, but like Chess, takes years to master. The effort is worthwhile.

Go is played on a board of horizontal and vertical lines, each player taking turns to place a 'stone' on one of the line intersections. Each player tries to connect these stones into walls around territory. The player at the end of the game with most territory (plus captured enemy stones) wins the game.

Go has proved to be very difficult to computerise. Unlike Chess, use of massively powerful computers is not enough - Go games must use human likes skills of judgement. The best Computer Go game in the World currently plays at the level of an average club player.

Meets 7pm to 11pm Tuesdays

Important:
New location from 9th January 2007:
Ocean Palace Chinese Restaurant
48 Tudor Street
Riverside
Cardiff CF11 6AJ
See map

Open Day :
Sunday 4th February 12pm-5pm
Ocean Palace Restaurant
Beginners welcome for free tuition

Email

Neil Moffatt (5kyu, Club Secretary) or phone him on 029-20412539

Tutorial

An introduction to the rules of the game.

Download

Download a free Go program. It plays on a 9 by 9 beginners board, and improves as you do.

The British Go Association

Find out about clubs, tournaments and lots more.