Sensei's Library is older than Wikipedia.

It was a really vibrant place for a while, and is still the first place I go when I want to look something up that's Go-related, but it's pretty static at this point. I'm glad that it's still maintained; a lot of resources like that tend to wither and die once their usage starts to fade.

Not sure why this is on the front page, but if anyone wants to learn how to play Go, this is the best interactive tutorial for complete beginners: http://playgo.to/iwtg/en/

And for the next step beyond that, there's no substitute for the four-volume Graded Go Problems for Beginners series: https://senseis.xmp.net/?GradedGoProblemsForBeginners

Are the contents of the books available there? I'm having trouble navigating that page so I can't tell what I should be expecting. Looks like Amazon has the books too.

No. They are on Amazon and also I believe available direct from the publisher.

A person I met at the Seattle Go Center[0] ported a lot of that interactive site to a more modern (i.e. JavaScript) implementation: https://wtg.duckpun.ch/en/intro

[0] Another person at the Go Center, Nick Sibicky, uploads useful lectures to youtube for us low skilled players to study: https://www.youtube.com/user/nicksibicky

It's also very easy to start playing here: https://online-go.com

Sadly these days there are not so many players on western servers in the higher ranks. But I like the software the most. It's made by one of the github founders I believe.

I've always use https://www.gokgs.com/ quite a lot of people at the time I was playing, with lots of different room (by country, interests, level, etc..) But I'll definitely give online-go a try ! (interested to see a well made software about go ! KGS one is quite old school..)

Yep, KGS was also where I learned to play. The other website is called OGS, probably in the same naming tradition.

I got into Go a few years ago after alphago made headlines, played online and went to local meetups. Only made it to around 9k, but had some fun.

It was pretty addictive. I didn't have a natural ability for reading, but could make some progress by leaning joseki and reading books. The amount of practice required to progress further than this can become substantial, modulo natural talent.

It's funny how when playing someone who really knows how to read, they can break all the "established rules" and make you look silly by simply out fighting you, if you aren't as strong.

The only people who were supportive or seemed interested in my playing Go were already Go players. Players I met online and in real life were very friendly.

Friends and family in my social circle were not supportive of this choice, though. They seemed to think it odd and probably introverted, like someone loosing themselves in chess, so I stopped playing.

I've been playing Go since I was a young teenager (in the 80s). I don't play more than once or twice a year now. Just online "play one turn a day" go server games. I am telling you this because you can really enjoy Go like this (asynchronous play, long interval between plays) without needing to obsess over it or devote hours to play. I have way too much going on to get away with that so this is how I play now.

Nice!

I have one Go book of famous games played in Shoguns’ palaces, way back when....

Go is a beautiful game that I have enjoyed since I was u years old.

Meta question: Which wiki software is running Sensei's Library?

It's a custom solution based off of PHPWiki that they aptly call "GoWiki."

More info here: https://senseis.xmp.net/?GoWiki

Oh, thanks!