Command / goClassic

Go

Four thousand years old, and it fits in nine lines

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Run from anywhere in CLI-Games$ goLaunch Go

Place a stone. Surround. Breathe or be taken. The oldest board game alive, at the prompt.

Go on a 9x9 board: stones go down on the intersections, groups live by their liberties, and the player who encloses more of the board wins. Captures happen when the last breathing space closes - simple rules, endless weather.

Play the house engine as Black or share the keyboard in pass-and-play. Moves are typed the way Go players say them: e5, pass, resign. Area scoring settles the board when both sides pass.

Terminal view

What you will see

Three stones close the netreplay
GAME // GOSTONES BREATHING
abcdefghj
987654321
Black to play · captures 0-0

Type a point like e5 - pass and resign are words.

Capabilities

How this command behaves

  • Supports two players
  • Save and resume your game
  • Runs in the browser; nothing to install
  • Playable entirely from the keyboard
Syntax

Start it from the prompt

Usage

go [savename]

Aliases

igo / baduk

Ready when you are. The terminal will open directly into Go.

Run $ go