I've been told by multiple people now that something I need to work on is my direction of play, but I really don't know what steps to take to do so. Does anyone know any good videos and/or books (videos preferred) that teach on this?
Hi everyone!
I'm planning to give lessons in the future, so i wanted to have a YouTube video of a review of mine to showcase!
I am looking for a go player in the 12k-30k range who would be ok to get a free review on discord (voicechat only, no camera) allowing me to record video/audio to then upload it on my YouTube channel.
Below my ranks:
Egf: 2k
Fox: 4d
Igs: 1d
Goquest: currently 1968
Ogs: 1k (I think I should be weaker than 1k, I got it because i won a bunch of 9x9)
Review would be in English, but please consider that it is not my first language ^ ^ "
If you are interested please reply below or contact me on discord (mikomiko93) so we can schedule it!
Have a nice day!
I could have killed this entire White group had I just filled it in at A11. But I couldn't see it. I am bad at reading out Tsumego problems where you fill in your group, then let the opponent kill your group, and then you play one stone at the center to kill the opponent. I don't know how to see it with the stones filled. Aside from doing more of these problems, does anyone here have any tips on these types of Tsumegos? Are there just a few shapes I need to memorize.
For those who are fluent in Chinese, what are some Chinese go proverbs? Are they different than the ones in English or Japanese or Korean?
I have a coworker who has expressed some interest in go, and she explicitly asked about Chinese go proverbs, and even though I speak some Chinese, I only know the proverbs that the English speaking community use. So I thought I’d crowdsource an answer.
What happens to the marked stone at the end of the game?
as it is somehow part of the seki it is left on the board - counting zero points for white.
it is dead and will be removed - thus counting three points for white (one prisoner + two points of territory)
white has to capture it to clarify the status - thus counting two points for white (one prisoner + one territory)
Here's what I probably do (not tracking it too formally yet)
I'm probably missing something in here, but curious about other's experiences.
Hello everyone. I've been playing on OGS exclusively and as I was getting crushed a lot in 9x9 and the occasional 19x19 against the bots and some players before I figured out some patterns, I'm usually unable to find a match around the mornings and nights in my timezone (GMT+8).
Is Pandanet any good for novices like me? I've tried GoQuest on mobile for 9x9 but I didn't like the increment time control and prefer byou-yomi if possible. Thanks in advance!
Hello everyone! It's been a minute since I posted,
Last weekend was the Lisbon Go Open and I had set that date as a deadline to have a fully playable prototype I'd be proud to show around. And after a few sleepless nights, I made it in time, and here it is!
The biggest update is the clicking. It involved changing how the whole thing is built and assembled (there are internal plastic springs, working with metal ones for the next). After something like 50 different approaches, I think I finally got it down.
The stones don't require much force to move, so you can play one-handed without sliding the board around. The mechanism still gives a satisfying clack while holding the stones firmly in place.
I also ended up settling on this raised plateau for the "empty" stones that gives enough edge for your finger to catch without making the board too busy.
And with this, I took it to the Lisbon Open to get feedback (this was my first time at a tournament) and reactions were great! People gathered around to try it, give suggestions and chat! Full games were played in between rounds outside, and more interestingly it saw a lot of use (maybe more than games) as a handheld tool to discuss and test positions from the previous game.
A lot of people mentioned they missed the gridlines (as many redditors had also pointed out) so I'm gonna test some options there soon and will ask here what you guys think.
And with all the feedback I'm really excited to keep going and have decided to work towards launching a Kickstarter campaign. There are still a ways to go and I am designing toolpaths to get a CNC-machined wood exterior that I think would really elevate and finish this project.
In the meantime I decided on a name: the Hane Board! (get it?) And created a pre-launch page for the campaign! The campaign won't go live until development is further along, but I'd really appreciate a follow if you'd like to be notified when it launches :)
Kickstarter: Hane Board - Play Go Anywhere
I am also looking for some help in funding this last stretch, and since many people asked about stl files for printing, I decided to compile a fully 3d printable (print-in-place!) version and provide it on a pay-what-you-want basis. Anyone who supports through my BuyMeACoffee page gets immediate access to the files by email. Any help towards buying a small CNC machine and a pressure chamber for cleaner resin casting is hugely appreciated.
The printable version lacks a couple features such as the clicks or raised plateaus but is fully playable. There are different versions depending on your setup (multi-material, snap-fit assembled, painted after printing).
Thank you everyone for all the awesome feedback as I keep working on this, and thanks everyone that came to the Lisbon Open, it was great finally meeting the community and hearing their words of encouragement, along with the great matches! (only won one hahaha, but am officially 14 kyu now)
So I used AI Sensi to learn how to play Go better, but I've stalled. I feel like I'm playing worse now. What is the proper way to learn what you should be studying by using AI Sensei?
I built search features for a large corpus of Go commentaries from The Go Teaching Ladder (https://gtl.xmp.net/) a while back, but never released it. Would this be useful for people?
In 1949, go in Japan was recovering but the tournament scene was still nascent. At the highest level, Go Seigen still dominated through various matches organised specifically for him the Yomiuri newspaper. But he was running out of serious opponents.
A decision was therefore made by the Yomiuri to pit ten different rising stars at 6- and 7-dan level (very high grades at the time) in a single match, even though this meant Go giving handicaps in every case - he was 8-dan at the time. These were the minute pro handicaps based on having Black more often than White, or always Black, under no-komi go.
This match, continuing into 1951, resulted in an overwhelming victory for Go, and so a follow-up match in the same multi-player format was arranged, but with the grades of the opponents at 7- and 8-dan.
The result was that Go was found to be REALLY strong!!
This book covers both these matches in considerable detail, with all commentaries being based on many professional sources. But the opportunity has been taken to change the format of the author's previous books on Go's matches. In this case, a lot of text has been devoted to both extended biographies of all the players and anecdotes about them. In some ways the book often reads like "The Go Companion," a pleasant book to read in bed. The idea is to paint a detailed picture of the go scene and the various players during Go's hegemony. This should help mightily with those who study Go's games, especially as there is much detailed discussion of the players' styles.
The games of an earlier match, Go against 5-dans, are also given, and the book has a general index and an index in the now usual Go Wisdom format, to help further with deep study of Go's corpus.
The book is available on-demand via Amazon/Kindle Publishing.
Even after playing out the AI recommended lines, I don't see how this leads to good things for white
Hello! I'm new to weiqi but having a lot of fun with it so far. However, I'm not super confident yet that I have a handle on how the end of a game goes. Am I right in remembering that the game only ends when no legal moves remain or both players pass? Doesn't that mean that both players must "agree," so to speak, to end the game, and if so, why would anyone pass when they're losing? When, strategically, should you pass? Thanks!
Just appreciating the visual beauty of Go, and a little extra color. Carry on!
This is the first game of Go me and a family member are playing. Does the black line across the board block any white pieces from being played within it? Because it is such a large area with diagonals we are a bit unsure.
Edit: Thank you to everyone who responded! We've got a better idea on how to play now!
This sub has been inundated, nearly daily, with vibe coded Go apps that "use AI to teach you and review your game". Our community is being used as promotional spam and market research.
Other subreddits have already implemented similar bans. Can we please do the same?
EDIT: The root issue is an explosion in self-promotion, not "vibe coding" necessarily. My apologies for the misleading title.
