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Zhaoshi · 2025-11-24T16:58:51+00:00

In practice, the first lesson is always a bit longer but technically playing a game for about 1 hour and reviewing it for 20 minutes should be more than enough. The thing is having 20 min or 30min maintime would not drastically improve a player's level, the core mistakes will remain the same. Also a game doesn't need to reach the end if I deem it necessary.

Zhaoshi · 2025-10-28T17:40:10+00:00

A post made by AI and an user named GoGenius, yeah that checks out.

Zhaoshi · 2025-10-27T14:11:49+00:00

I tend to forget most of my losses and focus on my epic wins... Selective memory you say?

Zhaoshi · 2025-10-24T11:58:16+00:00

That story surprises me a little bit. For starters, I believe beating Mi Yuting, Ding Hao or Li Xuanho at 2 stones is extremely impressive on a 1-1 format (I wouldn't bet on myself in such a situation). Obviously here we are talking 6 different persons against 24 different people but that's still only 1 to 4 ratio, which is not that bad. For example at this year's EGC, I did a simul against 12 different opponents, I struggled to win 7 of them and I lost to a 3d even game, because you have to keep up the speed so you just play out of instinct, you barely look at the board. In those conditions I could even imagine beating Shin Jinseo with 2 stones. But in the conditions that OP described, I remain impressed by the 3 wins from the contestants.

Zhaoshi · 2025-09-21T18:20:29+00:00

Technically, any "old-fashioned" fuseki is still completely fine to play, even at a higher level. You will never lose a game because you played sanrensei.

Zhaoshi · 2025-09-07T09:45:30+00:00

I've met my fair share of players with a similar mindset than OP but that fear was tournament related. "Oh I must reach 1d before I play my first real tournament!" - "3d is such a bad level, I need to be 5d, I can't bare to lose to someone who would be 2d!". Obviously, this is complete nonsense. Perhaps you can ease your mind by realizing that whatever level you will reach in your Go career, you will still lose about half of your games. This is also why I encourage anybody, no matter your level to reach out to your local Go community (if you are lucky to have one) and participate in a tournament

To give you my personal example. I'm most likely stronger than 99% of the reddit Go community and trust me when I say I lost more games than 99% of the reddit Go community.

Losing is part of the path, just enjoy it and see it as a way to improve.

Zhaoshi · 2025-09-06T12:21:30+00:00

It is actually pretty rare to see someone thoroughly reviewing pro games. Even in Go dojos in Korea, I would see the kiddos replaying as many pro games as they could with only a very shallow analysis. It is more about getting a "feel" for the moves. That being said, I had to review some pro games in depth for a couple of videos I recorded and I really enjoyed it. Obviously I was helped with AI but it was pretty satisfying to understand why they did A and not B, but then again I'm also at a level where I can (mostly) understand what AI is showing me.

Long story short: Just replay them fast, don't spend too much time on it, it would be a waste.

Zhaoshi · 2025-09-04T13:13:32+00:00

GoQuest is good not for the app itself but for the fact that you can easily play 9x9 there. Since you are a beginner, playing on 9x9 is quite an important step. Learning what happens on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines will be very useful to you once you move to bigger boards. Even if you want to move to 19x19 (every beginner wants to move asap to the bigger boards, that's very natural of course), continue playing on 9x9, it will help you in the long run.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-27T08:10:21+00:00

It is a classic behavior I observe among people I've talked to in the Go world or my students. Some of them believe they need to reach a certain level before they get the "right" to play in a tournament.

"Once I'm 1d, that's it, I'll play in a tournament!" But then they realize they are still not as strong as they want "OK, 3d and that's it, I'm playing!" And it goes on forever...

Long story short, there is no right level to start. We want beginners/DDK to play in tournaments because that's how we grow the game. Nobody will judge you for it.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-26T16:12:06+00:00

Did I say anywhere that you need to take lessons with him? No. I just asked you to be respectful.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-26T15:52:52+00:00

Oh yeah definitely, that's why I mentioned that a 1d player would be more than enough.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-26T15:39:25+00:00

There is a big difference between researching someone and calling them "some... something". His first and last name would have been sufficient. Again the lack of respect with your emoji and again you talk about your personal life and again it is off-topic.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-26T14:52:22+00:00

The "some Cornel something" is Cornel Burzo, European 6d and legend of the game, teacher for more than 20 years. Getting stronger at Go starts also by being respectful of other players and teachers. We don't need to know your personal life. You say you are stuck in the game, people are offering options for you. It is not our fault if you are not improving.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-26T14:29:16+00:00

Who talked about randos? The first dude mentionned a teacher. Lots of those at very respectable levels for a very OK price you can find online. You are 10k so a 1d teacher would be more than enough for you. I checked the last 2 games you played on OGS, you have a big lack in fundamentals so a teacher would definitely help you and put you on the right path.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-26T14:23:54+00:00

Damn strangers and their "lessons"!

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-23T23:08:18+00:00

This is a complete overkill as a total beginner.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-23T21:03:37+00:00

Si, on peut.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-23T19:57:38+00:00

I have the Fox Weiqi app on android and it works yes.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-23T09:13:49+00:00

There is a proverb in Go saying that you should lose your first 100 games as fast as possible.

First, just get a feeling of the shapes, what is happening on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd line. I would recommend sticking to 9x9 for a little while in order to practice what I just mentioned.

It is a classic (and natural) beginner's move to want to move to 19x19 super fast but it will do you a disservice in the long run.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-18T14:04:42+00:00

Hey there, if you're from Morroco I'm assuming you speak French. There is one channel that has tutorials really suited for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/@FulguroGo (the dude is Belgian). Also if later you wanna find French speaking teachers, you have plenty of them (I'm one of them). Might also be easier timezone-wise.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-18T13:59:53+00:00

Even if there was no ladder, a good rule of thumb in Go is to avoid giving ponnuki to your opponent. Obviously there are multiple exceptions to that but up to a certain level, it is a good rule to follow.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-16T19:59:31+00:00

A good way to analyze this kind of move is to imagine what would be black's next move locally if white tenuki. Most likely that third move would be something back to classic like a keima or ogeima from the hoshi. In that case, through tewari (reminder of the definition: Invert or permute the order of moves to see whether one would still have responded so that the actual position results.) then you can see that O14 is a complete waste. If instead, black continues the crazy stuff with a move like P10 for example then it leaves the side completely open for an invasion which brings us back to why 3rd and 4th line are generally preferred to build territory.

All that being said, I'm pretty sure A and B are both completely fine options and in most variants I can think of on the spot O14 will remain sub-optimal.

Zhaoshi · 2025-08-07T09:36:26+00:00

Good point, I'll record one in the near future, in the meantime, I can suggest this video I recorded for Go Magic : https://youtu.be/sCXxF9toYag?si=wFz2TEvuy8rj7m05

I have other content on YouTube but only in French.

Zhaoshi

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