As a complete beginner, your channel is by far the best source of information on the game. It's very helpful when you go through the process of scoring a game. Please keep making content as I have no doubt you're helping to bring in or retain new players! Thank you!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

We are thinking about making a series of reviews like this one =) Stay tuned!

The production quality, as well as your explanations, are superb!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Thanks a million!

Your teaching style is really impressive. I almost feel like I'm taking part in a story as I follow along with the train of logic.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Everytime i hit a plateau, lo and behold! One more go magic video to help me with the next conceptual breakthrough

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

We aim to break your plateaus =)

I hope you do a remake of the 19x19 course and post it on KZread. Great work guys.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

This is one of our plans as well =)

It’s 7am. Time to get up and study some Go :) Thanks Go Magic!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Nice routine there!

Great video, loved the commentary!! One of the big problems when learning to play go is the extent focus on learning how to capture in my opinion instead of focusing on surrounding territory which leads to players trying to try to save instead of sacrifice. You’re doing a great job on shifting that focus!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

We didn't realize that...but thanks!

I really like this vids

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Cheers =)

One of the best commented games I've seen on YT to improve your Go skills! Great channel! I particularly learnt from your advice about not being afraid to sacrifice a stone if it allows you to increase connectedness (4:40). I keep making the mistake of trying to save each stone and this helped me realise how wrong a way of thinking it is

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

You know as they say - strong players sacrifice a LOT! =)

I love this kind of Game review format. You should keep doing it! So instructive

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

We are planning an entire course with something like that one day =)

thank you for the video. your channel is the easiest to pick up information from and i really need it.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

We try! =)

Definitely relies on the previous videos. But this is definitely my favourite go video so far.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

And once it's all done all of these will become a course on Go Magic =)

I really love how chill and safe this channel is, and how carefully the bowls, stones and goban are aligned. Thank you Go Magic !

@GoMagic

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words 🤗

As a fan of many board games, I never really had a chance to properly get into Go since it's pretty obscure in the West. I appreciate what you are doing to make the game more accessible!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

😇

Hi Vadim. Thanks for all your great videos on GO. Im 43, Ive been a lifetime chess player, just recently started playing GO. Im afraid, after all these years and practicing thousands of hours chess I will turn into a novice GO player😅

@GoMagic

5 ай бұрын

That's fantastic! We always love to see more Go players :)

This is such high quality content. The host, production quality, content are all top notch. I hope your revenue streams are enough so that you can continue to create videos. The AlphaGo documentary got me (and now my 5 yr old son) into Go and it's been a lovely journey so far.

@GoMagic

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Enjoy your games! 💙

Been waiting for this 13x13 stuff

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

😆

More like this please, real games with commentary/analysis. It'd be much easier to learn the theory whilst being applied. Anyway, thanks for this.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, we're thinking of making something in the same vein, so stay tuned =)

This is the best go teacher 😆

@GoMagic

14 күн бұрын

Thank you 🥰

And another great video indeed! Thanks man!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

😆

Love the commentary videos. Thanks

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Keep watching them, we'll keep making them =)

This is really high quality content. As someone that was completely naive when it came to Go a few weeks ago, this series on Go basics is exactly what I needed to stick to the game through the numerous losses to beginner bots in 9x9.... Thank you !

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome =) Soon this whole series will become a course on gomagic.org with interactive questions and quizzes!

One of my favorites videos. Thanks

@GoMagic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for the explanation! Really instructive! One of the best I've ever watched!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

😇

Thank you very much. I enjoyed very much watching and learning.

@GoMagic

Ай бұрын

Thank you for being supportive. ☺

Love the content! I enjoy these types of videos. I would like to see 19x19 games explained in a similar way. This type of format is helping me learn the game and your videos helped me get my first win at my local go club against a way stronger opponent.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Good point. We'll think about it. Thanks =)

Really enjoyed this one and learnt a lot.

@GoMagic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

As a beginner, I loved this. I'd like to see you do a few more 13X13 games. Love your channel!

@GoMagic

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

Go is magic! Thank you!

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Haha yeah! 😇

Fun game, thanks for sharing.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

=)

Great great video thank you 👍!!!

@GoMagic

6 ай бұрын

Game reviews are a bit longer but they also cover lots of useful things! =)

Thank you! ❤

great stuff

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

😇

Awesome video! I love using your guides to improve my play. Think you could make some videos like this with 19x19 boards?

@GoMagic

6 ай бұрын

Hey! Thank you for your kind words. :) We'll look into releasing 19x19 game review. Right now we have one in our course “Deeper into the Game of Go on 19×19” gomagic.org/courses/deeper-into-the-game-of-go-on-19x19/

The comeback 🗿🗿🗿

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Indeed! 😆

Great content, kudos to all of your team

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

This channel got me into go. Great explanations and techniques for beginners! Could you explain a way to aproximate the territory one has at the erly and middle game before any borders are drawn? Like the ones at the begining

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

There is a course on counting territory on gomagic.org but it's quite advanced maybe we'll make something more simple on that =)

Hello! Do you have more content regardless of paid or free with commented games. I find it invaluable for a beginner to understand the flow of the game. One of the things that helped me understand chess on another level and I would love to repeat this adventure with go. Also the method of explanation is perfect. You are a great teacher!

@GoMagic

20 күн бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! We're planning to make more game review videos.

🔥

When u asked in the beginning who looks like they have more territory I was like well it appears black does but whites gona win😅😂

@GoMagic

Ай бұрын

😁

it seems as though capturing the dead black stone on the 4th line could have been useful on at least two occasions. Is there a reason white left it? ty

@GoMagic

3 ай бұрын

These players are not 8 dan! =) They make quite a few mistakes, but in the video Vadim wasn't trying to show every mistake and misread... he was just commenting on what was happening to give the viewers better understanding of the game flow.

@thequantummechanicinfinito6318

3 ай бұрын

i'm probably an upper teens k, so im just trying to keep up!! these are helpful and easy to watch, thank you@@GoMagic

What a twist

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

That was from backstage footage, and that was Vadim's genuine reaction. =)

@jonathany1240

7 ай бұрын

oh no here comes komi with the steel chair!!!!

7:34 interestingly enough when I actually tried to evaluate the score I got around 42 for black while white has around 34 + 6.5 = 40.5 so it is not that obvious who's leading, even though at first glance black seems to win hard. Never understimate komi !

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, estimating the score with precision is not the simplest task!

Black : I'm taking a corner White : So I am Black : I'll take another corner White : Aight ,same here Black : I'm invading your sweet lil' house White : lol you aggressive mofo

@GoMagic

6 ай бұрын

That's the game of Go!

why white has 6.5 point of compensation?😢(im a noob of Go)

@GoMagic

Ай бұрын

Since Black plays first, they have a slight initial advantage: they can occupy the corners first, they can attack first, etc. In order to make up for this, it was decided that White gets 6.5 points of compensation. The fractional value allows to avoid a tied game. Such compensation is called komi. You can learn the rest of the rules from this article: gomagic.org/how-to-play-go-rules/

@zijun9663

Ай бұрын

@@GoMagic thank you but does it work on 9 by 9 board? If it does that's too op for white

@GoMagic

Ай бұрын

It does, and since the board is smaller, Black's first move affects the game even more.

I must have missed something, isn't this a 12 x 12 board?

@GoMagic

3 ай бұрын

You need to count the lines, not the squares =)

Why does white get 6.5 points Komi? That seems like a lot!

@GoMagic

3 ай бұрын

Then again, the first move is also worth a lot. It was the result of a lot of trial and error. Komi started from 2 or 3 points back in the 20th century and gradually went up to 6.5

@mattt180

2 ай бұрын

@@GoMagic I'd imagine fair compensation would depend on the skill of the players too, right? To relate it to something I'm more familiar with, first move in chess has an advantage, but only at the highest levels. For beginners, it matters much less.

It would be good if you finish how the Atari Finnishes, because it seems you are one stone before, but it would be good t oo see it finish so people understand.

@GoMagic

2 ай бұрын

Probably. But then the video would have gotten even longer. 😅

That looked fascinating, but I didn't understand a single thing of what was going on.

@GoMagic

4 ай бұрын

We have a tutorial kzread.info/dash/bejne/oY6IxrZxfbTLqM4.html

there is deceptively a lot to a small board game of 9x9 or 13x13. I mean, with the complexities of 13x13, I really don't even feel that a 19x19 is even a needed thing. You could play a lifeitme of 13 x 13 at the highest level and never run out of awe and wonder. Humans don't really need 19x19. AI might, but humans could have stopped at 13 x 13. heck even 9x9 has 10^170 positions. And that in and of itself is more atoms than there is in the entire universe. So, even 9x9 is a lot and will never be sovled.

@GoMagic

7 ай бұрын

True, but I don't think we needed 19x19 for its complexity. I think that a lot of that has to do with just the scope and the added strategic dimension. Suddenly you get the feeling of managing multiple tasks and battles at the same time. 13x13 doesn't offer you much of that.

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@GoMagic

6 ай бұрын

What was so confusing?