Sensei's Library

{{Short description|Internet site dedicated to the game of Go}}

Sensei's Library (commonly referred to as SL among Go-players) is an Internet website and wiki, dedicated to articles about, and discussion of, the game of Go. It was started in September 2000, by the Go players Morten Pahle and Arno Hollosi.{{cite web|url=http://senseis.xmp.net/?SLHistory|title=SL History|author=Morten Pahle|accessdate=2008-12-11}} Hollosi is also known for designing version 4 of Anders Kierulf's popular SGF file format and for his work with the Austrian Citizen Card project.{{cite web|url=http://www.red-bean.com/sgf/|title=SGF File Format FF(4) Page|accessdate=2007-03-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.idcard-conf.ancitel.it/PDF/Hollosi_Austrian_Citizen_Card.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311140419/http://www.idcard-conf.ancitel.it/PDF/Hollosi_Austrian_Citizen_Card.pdf|archive-date=2005-03-11|url-status=dead|title=Arno Hollosi, "Austria's Citizen Card and Beyond," Int. Conf. on Electronic Identity and Interoperability, 16th April 2004, Rome, Italy|accessdate=2008-05-04}}

Sensei's Library is used for a number of purposes, and contains over 26,000 pages {{cite web

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}} on a wide range of topics, such as the culture and history of Go, Go theory, strategy, and community information. It is highly regarded in the Go community.{{cite web |author=Waldron |first=Philip |date=2005-12-23 |title=GO REVIEW: Top 10 Go Websites |url=http://www.usgo.org/EJournal/archive/20051223.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925011512/http://www.usgo.org/EJournal/archive/20051223.htm |archive-date=2009-09-25 |accessdate=2008-12-11 |website=American Go Association}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hilltopgo.com/agej/2001/2001-10-01.txt|author=Terri Schurter|title=American Go Association e-journal October 2001|accessdate=2011-05-18}}{{cite web|url=http://stlgo.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/senseis-library/|title=St Louis Go Association web site|date=22 July 2008|accessdate=2011-05-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gogod.co.uk/Links.htm|title=GoGoD recommended links|accessdate=2011-05-18}} One reviewer noted that as "a collaborative resource written by contributors, Sensei's Library may be the most extensive Go resource on the web. Articles cover a variety of topics, including possibly the best discussion of endgame theory published anywhere." Among its contributors are some published Go authors, such as Charles Matthews and John Fairbairn.{{cite web|url=http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/jf.html|title=MSO article on John Fairbairn|accessdate=2007-03-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417181646/http://msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/jf.html|archivedate=2007-04-17}}{{cite web|url=http://senseis.xmp.net/?CharlesMatthews|title=Charles Matthews Player Page|accessdate=2007-03-28}}