Seattle Go Center

Seattle Go Center is a 501c3 public charity with a mission to promote educational exchanges between persons of different cultural backgrounds, including but not limited to promoting, teaching, practicing, and competing in the game of Go (igo in Japanese, baduk in Korean, weichi in Chinese).

Go is a strategic board game that is a few thousand years old and still played in its original form. Nearly 30 years after computers could beat human chess masters, finally new AI techniques allowed computers to beat a human Go master. Multiple studies show Go to be one of the best neural elasticity and brain training endeavors for aging brains. It is ranked with learning a new language.

BUT, Go has at its core 5 simple rules, and you can learn the basics of the game in a few minutes to one hour. From there it is endless wonder and fascination that awaits you. Please see our website for open hours (seattlego.org lists our regular schedule) and stop by to check out the game of Go.