If you have 5 minutes, you can learn the rules from http://homepages.cwi.nl/~tro...

celoyd on Dec 10, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: In 1999, Kasparov played chess against 50000 peopl...

If you have 5 minutes, you can learn the rules from http://homepages.cwi.nl/~tromp/go.html -- a much neater explanation than most. It takes a little practice to get good, of course. Just a few years of full-time playing.

The best general resource online is http://senseis.xmp.net/ .