ITEMS ON this page cover the broad sweep of history rather than personalities or translations.
For features on historical players
For specific classical texts
- CASTLE GAMES - A listing of all the castle games played (1626 ~ 1863) ...
Plus
- The Castle Games Ceremony from the inside
- The Shoguns and their Meijin-Godokoros
- THE MEIJIN TOURNAMENTS - The story of how they came into being...
- The Old, or Yomiuri, Meijin
- The New, or Asahi, Meijin
- THE HISTORY OF NEWSPAPER GO - The power of the press is much more than a go tactic...
- THE HISTORY OF THE OTEAI - For several decades Japan's main tournament...
- The early Oteai - The pre-war years
- The late Oteai - The post-war years
- GO IN OLD OKINAWA - First international go...
- HISTORY OF KOMI - Goes back more than you may think...
- ORIGINS OF THE HONINBO TOURNAMENT - Who were the movers and shakers...
- GO IN ANCIENT CHINA - A survey of how go developed from the time of Confucius...
- GO IN TIBET - The only living example of 17x17 go was discovered on the "Roof of the World"...
- MAKING THE GRADE - How go players started measuring themselves...
- ORIGINS OF GO IN KOREA - An ancient tale sheds light on when Go reached Korea...
- SUNJANG GO - The traditional version of Korean go...
A chronological survey of go from earliest to most recent times. The survey is divided into
bands (in progress):
- Up to 1599
- 1600 ~ 1867 - complete for 1806 on
- 1868 ~ 1925 - complete
- 1926 ~ 1988 - complete to 1971
- 1989 ~ present