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Go (also called baduk or weiqi) is a two-player strategy game: Black and White take turns placing stones on the points of a grid to surround more of the board. Here you play quick 9×9 games with area scoring and komi 7, free against the AI, a friend by link or a random opponent.

Rules on this page: 9×9 board, area scoring, komi 7

Leaderboard

Go at a glance

Players
2
Board
9×9 lines, 81 points; stones go on the intersections
Moves
Black first; one stone per turn, or pass; stones never move
Capture
Fill the last liberty of a group to remove it
Ko
A move may not repeat an earlier board position
End
Two passes in a row end the game
Scoring
Area: your stones plus the empty points you surround
Komi
White gets 7 points; equal totals are a draw (jigo)

How to play Go

Black and White take turns placing one stone on an empty point, or passing. A group that loses its last liberty is captured. You may not play a move that leaves your own stones without a liberty, or that repeats an earlier position (ko). When both players pass in a row, each side counts its stones plus the empty points it surrounds; White adds 7 points of komi, and the higher total wins.

Full rules and FAQ How the score is counted What ko means Go vs gomoku

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