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Not sure why this is on the front page, but if anyone wants to learn how to play Go, this is the best interactive tutorial for complete beginners: http://playgo.to/iwtg/en/

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And for the next step beyond that, there's no substitute for the four-volume Graded Go Problems for Beginners series: https://senseis.xmp.net/?GradedGoProblemsForBeginners

Are the contents of the books available there? I'm having trouble navigating that page so I can't tell what I should be expecting. Looks like Amazon has the books too.

No. They are on Amazon and also I believe available direct from the publisher.

A person I met at the Seattle Go Center[0] ported a lot of that interactive site to a more modern (i.e. JavaScript) implementation: https://wtg.duckpun.ch/en/intro

[0] Another person at the Go Center, Nick Sibicky, uploads useful lectures to youtube for us low skilled players to study: https://www.youtube.com/user/nicksibicky

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