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where can i play british go association skip to main content a few simple rules limitless possibilities primary links find a club news ratings tournament results events calendar join login contact help search breadcrumb home where can i play almost anywhere you can play go at home at work in public or private at a club on line or over the board against a person or a computer a game of go can be enjoyed almost anytime with a magnetic set or computer tablet you can play whilst travelling or on a day out indeed a game was once played on the space shuttle for a more formal game there are many tournaments and matches you can join in at locations all around the country clubs you can play go informally at home or with friends but being part of a club means you will probably have a chance to play more different opponents there are many clubs around the british isles with most big cities having a club some cities have more than one club have a look at the club map some clubs meet in private houses others meet in public venues such as a community centre often a pub provides a free location to play provided you partake of their food and drink if there is a university in your town it is sometimes possible to play there especially if there are several students in the club you might think that there will be no one your strength at a club but don t worry if there isn t someone friendly will be happy to play a handicap game against you and give you a bit of tuition we re actually a very social community if there isn t a club in an area please check our requests page to see if anyone is trying to form one already or email our membership secretary mem britgo org for a contact we also provide some information to help you organise a club on our organisers material page some information is for members only online go obviously playing online is a recent innovation and growing in popularity either against another person or a computer indeed many people who do attend a club play online as well so as to get more games during the week and meet a variety of opponents you can play online against players from all over the world any time day or night so it is very flexible and may suit you if you keep odd hours you can play in real time which is the most common way or play correspondence go on some servers there are several online servers some of which are more popular in the uk than others beginners are welcome on these servers too the go quest one is especially friendly for beginners as there s no need to try and work out what grade you have as it works it out for you and also allows you to play 9x9 or 13x13 go actually it doesn t have a 19x19 option don t worry about the strength of potential opponents there s always someone available at a comparable strength online so you can play non handicap games day or night online league the bga runs some online leagues on ogs the leagues are open to enter for anyone not just bga members and will pair you up with players of approximately the same level depending on entries to play regular games against the games will be played on ogs with time settings of 30 mins 10s move and there will be an average of one game every two weeks over an approximately three month period but you are free to rearrange games as suits your schedule the leagues run on a rolling basis to enter in the next round or enquire about more details please email leagues britgo org computer programs if you are new to go a good way to practice without the embarassment of a real opponent is to play a computer program although publicly available go playing programs that were created before the rise of ai are not up to the standards of experienced human players especially on the 19x19 board they can provide some useful practice opportunities on small boards especially 9x9 ai based programs are starting to become available free programs suitable for beginners are igowin igowin tutor for ipad iphone and peter s go and leela is dan level even on 9x9 we have reviews here of some of the best known programs tournaments there are also approximately 30 tournaments every year in the uk with similar numbers in other major european countries and the usa many more in japan china and korea nearly all of these are suitable for relatively novice players to enter and some of them specifically cater for beginners most of these tournaments are one or two day events at the weekend typically with 3 rounds per day some of these also have specific teaching sessions but anyway there will be people who will happily review your game for you after each round we typically organise tournaments so that players will play others of roughly the same strength so do not hesitate and just jump in look at our events calendar for uk tournaments and contact the organiser if you are hesitant about entering they will provide good advice for you you will need an approximate grade to enter a tournament but afterwards you will have a rating as described under tournament participation last updated sun jul 07 2024 if you have any comments please email the webmaster on web master at britgo dot org the british go association a company limited by guarantee england wales no 13800 499 navigation about go where to play clubs map clubs list online against a program tournaments tournaments studying go about us junior go resources safeguarding member s access recent updates