Go (围棋)

You play Black vs AI

How to Play

Go is played on a 9×9 grid; Black (you) moves first. Players take turns placing one stone on an empty intersection. A group of stones with no adjacent empty points (liberties) is captured and removed. You may not play a move that is suicide, nor immediately recapture to repeat the previous position (the ko rule). Either player may pass; two passes in a row end the game. Scoring is Chinese area: your stones plus the empty regions surrounded only by your color, with White getting 6.5 komi to offset Black's first move. The higher score wins.

Controls

Tap an empty intersection to place a black stone. Tap Pass when you have no useful move. When both players pass, the game ends and the score is shown. Restart begins a new game. This is a 9×9 game versus the AI.

Tips & Strategy

Make two separate eyes to keep a group alive — it can never be captured. Don't fill your own eyes. Play for the corners and sides first (they're easier to surround), then reduce the opponent. Capture stones in atari (one liberty), and avoid leaving your own groups in atari.