Baduk - Let's Build a Big Moyo! - Basics

[@RogerioLuzCoelho]

I am a 4k in KGS for at least 10 years now ... have stopped playing Go for about 5 years and have recently come back to it ... Just to tell you that I think your videos are top notch ... Gave me the love of the game back ... Nice to understand the mind of a dan player ... Keep it up !!

[@dorukcansev]

The same. Dwyrin is the first person to show me that there was more to Go than reading & solving problems

[@Slyzor1]

"But we don't kill in basics" You are the only one who came up with that rule

[@dwyrin]

true, but i came up with it so people wouldn't say 'this only worked cause you killed something' its a pretty meaningful rule to me most of the time.

[@jarosawjusiak6716]

Framework game quite often ends up with killing.

[@notperfect101]

That rule isn't really basic anyway. We should always aim to play the best move and take advantage of our opponent's mistakes, and if the best move is a killing move, of course we should play it. That is the most fundamental principle one could imagine. I guess the best way we could frame the intention is "don't try to kill recklessly without sufficient strength to back it up", because you might damage your own position when going overboard. Also usually the goal of an attack should be to take profit instead of going all out to kill, I guess demonstrating that is also part of the idea. But "this only worked cause you killed something", I don't get the idea... How about "This only worked cause you're 4 stones stronger and have vastly more knowledge, experience, better judgement and reading than your opponent"? You can't really avoid that, it's just fact. Nothing to be worried about. You're playing much weaker players in this series, that's the reason you can get away with lenient play. Can't really afford to do that in an even game with someone of the same strength. Anyway it's not like it's possible to play at a high level without reading, it's essential for being able to accurately judge groups' strengths and weaknesses, knowing when you need to protect, when you can tenuki etc. Also you need to be able to punish when your opponent plays recklessly, otherwise you cannot advance to a higher level. Principles are important to teach and can help a lot with improvement. But without being backed up by actual reading power it's impossible to apply them correctly and the game will just fall apart once fighting breaks out. It's like trying to build a house on quicksand. If anything you should encourage your viewers to work on their reading, it's the one fundamental skill that more than anything else defines one's strength in Go.

[@jacksonfitzsimmons4253]

@@notperfect101Reading isn’t the most important. I could confidently beat any DDK even if I gave them 10 minutes with the analysis tool per move

[@adorjankiss6210]

"Yeah, but today we do!" - that's one to remember. I don't like fridays cause I don't like to learn... but today, a good monday-ish surprise! Thanks!

[@wolverestskyrider]

I think living is always the most basic thing to do but probably not always best because being surrounded in always bad.

[@ابويمن-ه4ي]

18:58 how could you tell the corner is dead? I lost a lot of points due to my poor evaluation

[@TNothingFree]

Is that a big moyo or are you happy to play with me?

[@ralfn9629]

"Mostly 'Basic' with a pinch of 'Murder'", what a beauty! Getting both Monday and Friday in one video! Nice one!

[@godkingcthulhu138]

🦑

[@zimmicks3170]

Nothing Basic about this game. However it was a very nice showcase of what can happen if you let an opponent build a huge framework WITH support struts lol.

[@GoHermit]

I would have preferred to see the merciful variation. Let him live and get sente to invade the bottom left. Murder is for Mondays after all. Still, nice video otherwise.

[@sawcro]

When you said “well today we are” I lost it haha

[@sonipitts]

"Basic with a pinch of murder." Bro, that's a Salt Bae level pinch, because you sprinkled murder all over that board. 😆

[@keeblebrox]

It feels like a lesson in this one is that a large framework invites invasions, and if you let those invasions live then your framework is gone. I think it's easier to allow your opponent some mistakes when the fighting stakes are lower.

[@kr13031]

thanks for the video, sir

[@matsf8268]

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