Other Go Clubs in Philadelphia and vicinity
Philadelphia Baduk Association An AGA Chapter, open every day, 7 days a week, just outside the Philadelphia city limits! Founded in 2001, our city's strongest players reside here!
Montgomeryville Go Club Meets Sundays from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. at Borders Booksellers, 801 Bethlehem Pike, North Wales, PA 19454, 215 412-2655, at Airport Square across from Montgomery Mall. To join their mailing list, please email Neil at nlzod at comcast dot net. Free. Founded in 2007.
Lancaster Go Club An AGA Chapter, meets every Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. onwards in Salunga, PA. Meet Chuck & Sam, two of the American Go Association's hardest working members, and also marvel at Chuck's extensive library of Go books! Great for beginners and experts alike. To contact them for directions, please email Chuck at crobbins at ctipc dot com. Free. Founded in 1995.
Guang Hua Wei Qi School An AGA Chapter, this is a class of the Guang Hua Chinese School, a nonprofit organization that promotes the understanding of the Chinese Language and Culture by operating a school, sport, and cultural program on the weekends at Montgomery County Community College in Parkhouse Hall, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422-0758. The Guang Hua school's primary focus is to teach children Chinese, but there are also classes in art, sport, and of course, Wei Qi ("Go" in Chinese)! The class is co-taught by C. Brown and Michael Dobbins. Meets Sundays from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Beginners are welcome, but pre-registration for the class, which runs in the fall and the spring, is necessary. Please visit their website for further details.

Go vendors
Slate and Shell A great site for Go books, particularly Yilun Yang's "The Fundamental Principles of Go" and Michael Redmond's "ABC's of Attack and Defense".
Kiseido and Kiseido Digital Go books and supplies, including the excellent 4-volume problem book for beginners, Kano Yoshinori's "Graded Go Problems for Beginners". Kiseido Digital offers the entire 30-year collection (and growing) of "Go World Magazine" for sale on DVD, or sample and purchase individual issues in pdf format, as well as a host of out-of-print Ishi press Go books, like Kato Masao's "Kato's Attack and Kill" and Takemiya Masaki's "Enclosure Josekis".
Yutopian Enterprises A great seller of Go books, boards, stones, complete sets, and more! As of December 2008, the classic yellow Ing board has been discontinued, but the excellent Ing stones and Ing bowls may still be purchased here. Those wanting Ing-style stones but more portable bowls may also find their smaller set a more reasonable, and less expensive, option.
Yellow Mountain Imports Another excellent seller of Go books, boards, and equipment, this store specializes in Chinese Yunzi stones and bamboo sets, as well as other Asian board and card games.
Shodan Imports Established in March 2009, Shodan Imports offers a discount to AGA members at their brand-new go imports business. They have also been awarded exclusive status as the North American reseller for Keiji Miwa, whose family has been making go equipment by hand in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, since the beginning of the 1900s. Shodan Imports also offers fine go stones and bowls.
Kuroki Goishi Ten A classic Go manufacturer based in Japan. Founded in 1917, this company manufactures its own boards, stones, and bowls; available separately or in complete sets. The site also explains the different grades of wood used in bowls and gobans, and the different grades of shell used in creating white Go stones (along with the many defects which may occur). Want to see what a $100,000 Go board looks like? Visit their Gallery of Wonderful Goods.

Go schools
Feng Yun's Go School North America's strongest player, Feng Yun, 9p, resides in central NJ and offers Go lessons each fall and spring, ranging from Beginner to Advanced, in various locations throughout the state. Sign up today!
Guo Juan's Go School: One Euro Audio Go Lectures Go lectures and instruction given by Guo Juan, 5p, a perennial favorite at the U.S. Go Congress. This site offers audio commentaries of professional games, Go theory, and also a step-by-step instuction to the game. The audio is simulcast with a KGS board set-up, where the moves are displayed as she speaks. Check out the free lecture portion of the site where she reviews some pro games and you will see why this site has become so popular! All lectures cost only 1 euro each. Pay 1 euro, watch 1 month! What could be easier? Paypal accepted.
Kuro Neko Go School Founded by Jonathan Markowitz, a student of Feng Yun's, in the fall of 2007. A local favorite with affordable rates and an inimitable teaching style, Jon's lectures are not to be missed!

Go blogs
361 Points.com: the Go blog of Sorin Gherman, 8d A Romanian-born AGA 8d recounts his experiences as an insei and shares his insights on the modern Go scene! If you want to stay abreast of the latest international tournament results, review the latest pro games, or just see what the pros look like, visit here. Begun in January 2007.
Not Quite Pro: the Go blog of Boris Bernadsky Boris Bernadsky, former VP of the New York City Go Center and amateur 5-kyu, travels to the International Baduk Academy, in Seoul, Korea, to study the world's most strategic game. Read here for a detailed account of his progress! Begun in fall 2008.
Studying Go in China Curious about what it would be like to spend a summer studying Go in China? Read a detailed account of the experience from an American 1-dan right here. Summer 2006.

Places we like to frequent
American Go Association Want to find a club near you or start one of your own? Here is where you want to be.
Internet Go Server (I.G.S.) A free Go client based in Japan
K.G.S. Go Server (K.G.S.) A popular, free, American-based Go server
Dragon Go Server A free, turn-based Go server
Korea Times Baduk Page Free, in English. A superb site for beginners: a professional Go player from Myongji University, Korea, explains basic and advanced Go theory for all stages of the game. The initial 89 lessons have been removed from the Korea Times webpage, but they have been archived at the Myongji University website here and are also available in book form here.
go4go.net An excellent site to review and replay the latest professional games, many of which can be downloaded to store for your own files.
Gobase.org Another site to replay professional games, practice life and death problems, and more. This site excels in archiving professional Go matches dating back to the 1960s, 1970s, and earlier. Want to review the games of Go Seigen from the late 1950s? They can be found here.
Sensei's Library A wiki-style reference guide for all things Go related
GoDiscussions.com Got a question about Go? Check here for a popular, moderated forum.
The Magic of Go This began as a long-running weekly Go column written by Rob van Zeijst, 7-dan, in Japan's leading English-language newspaper, the Daily Yomiuri. The newspaper column wrapped up on August 18, 2007, but the columns, both old and new, still live online. The old site may be found here. Free. In English.
The Go Teaching Ladder A great way to have one's games reviewed for free
Samarkand Originally an online Go retailer founded by Janice Kim, 3p, Samarkand shifted to wholesale distribution in 2009. Mrs. Kim's excellent "Learn to Play Go" series (5 volumes and growing) can still be found on Amazon.
Annotated Go Bibliography The most comprehensive review of Go books to be found online
An Online Joseki Dictionary A compendium of corner patterns
Goproblems.com A collection of 2000 problems (and growing)

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