Greatest Games Ever Played 01 - Best of The Best

White: Fujisawa Kuranosuke 9P
Black: Go Seigen 9P
Date: March, 1953
Result: B+R

[@TheGameLecturer]

Thank you to whoever subtitled this, it was very interesting

[@soundwavex3]

This is the first time I heard " Please do not subscribe to my KZbin Channel "

[@GrandMaMaYT]

true

[@ESRohner]

If any of you are having a problem understanding the commentator, please try the closed captions. Someone very graciously submitted some great CCs, and the commentary is very education and emotional. You can tell that he's very passionate about this game.

[@ClarkPotter]

I love his accent and can understand him just fine. I'm a native English-speaker though. You're totally right. His passion is infectious and inspiring. I love 29:12 especially.

[@imtheonehero9305]

whoever can't understand him are stupid. He speaks English just fine. I have the video at 1.5x and I can still understand him fully. lol

[@kisamehoshigaki09]

Rest in peace Go Seigen, June 12 1914 - November 30 2014.

[@Elem40]

"Its power shocked my heart deeply." Isn't it amazing how emotional one can get about a single move in a game.

[@ClarkPotter]

Reminds me of Kasparov's Rxd4 vs Topalov in one of the greatest chess games of all time, and why you have to love Kasparov as a chess player.

[@easyas314e]

Outstanding commentary! You really brought this game to life for me.

[@ClarkPotter]

29:12 I love your passion for Go here. Your analysis and presentation of games is a work of art. And poetry. What a gem of a channel. Can't wait to watch more of your vids.

[@stroyaworskon5111]

Go is truly a game that cannot be despised, just ignored. Such beauty.

[@kashgarinn]

A very interesting game, you can clearly see Go seigen breaking through barriers in it. Thanks for putting it up on youtube and for going through it so well, and thanks to whomever captioned this.

[@zackbolingesoteric]

your english and understanding of go are both outstanding im from america and im a native english speaker and i understood 98% of what u said :) part of that is also becouse im a rookie at go though :) keep up the good worrk ur a great teacher

[@dillonainsworth]

the computer that mastered go video brought me here to see what a full game was like... this video was a great nugget of a find... I just love that this is a real live person talking about their favorite hobby :)

[@Groaznic]

+Dillon Ainsworth Same here! Came to see what a game looks like after reading the AlphaGo news.

[@TheMorMor]

+Dillon Ainsworth AlphaGo has definetly mnot mastered the game. Alpha go was the first computer AI to beat a professional player. Although it only beat a very weak professional player. The gap between Fan Hui 2p (who AlphaGo played) and Lee Sedol 9p for example is huuuuuuuge. Even though you are a complete beginner and i have been playing for a few months the difference in strength between us is incomparable to that between Lee Sedol and Fan Hui. Although AlphaGo is still a big advancement for computer Go.

[@incognitodan]

+Henrik Sommerland Deepmind just beat Sedol

[@TheMorMor]

Dantist Yup. Just spent 4 hours reviewing the game with a friend of mine. It was an awesome game by both "players". Allthough Lee Sedol was a bit out of shape and overconfident. Losing the lower right corner in gote was a colossal mistake that he should have been able to see.

[@nathanchoi3763]

Thank you so much, your introduction has sparked my enthusiasm on go again. This is a complex game play and it let me experience there are still many interesting and in-depth interactions in go which I have failed to notice.

[@garromark]

This was extremely well done. Thank you so much. I was able to follow what you said primarily because I've encountered the concepts through normal play. The use of Japanese go terms is common-place and knowledge of these terms really helps follow such in-depth discussion.

[@Ph4n_t0m]

Thank you so much for this analysis and commentary - you bring life and depth to the study of this game, which, if I were to do it alone, would be very dull and dry.

[@Shirolicious]

this guy is either a professional or a high dan, you definitely know what your talking about! Thanks for sharing this video, I will look into your other videos after this one if you made more.

[@DeVirMagician]

Great video, but it made me feel somehow sorry for Fujisawa. The game is extremely complicated. They see beyond imagination.

[@jkllkj12345]

Do not feel to bad, he returned to the Professional Go world, and even won some titles later on.

[@kevtlee08]

man when i watch other people play it looks so awesome and fun, but when i try myself it is alot harder then it looks. just when i think i'm winning. i was never even close. trying to learn how to play this game properly but harder then expected

[@oscarsilva4529]

Keep it up! Eventually you stop seeing stones and you begin to see a beautiful battle!

[@oscarsilva4529]

Oscar Silva that's when you actually start to understand when your leading your opponent to his/her downfall

[@Elem40]

It's been 5 years. Do You still play Go?

[@jessstuart7495]

I have a difficult time reading out problems. After about 4 or 5 steps, I cannot remember which imaginary stones are where. This is especially true if throw-ins are involved (stones captured). I've been working on reading out life-and-death problems seriously for about 3 months now, but I think I have plateaued. I just don't have a very strong visual memory.

[@gcg8187]

@@jessstuart7495 3 month is not a long time my friend!

[@RJirl]

Great video! I like that you explained so many what-if scenarios. It gave me a much greater understanding of why they played like they did, and it personally helped reinforce many game concepts i've been trying to understand. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this

[@sendarine]

"This power shocked my heart deeply!"

[@anuzis]

Wow! Superb match. Thank you for the excellent commentary.

[@shobalk]

Your videos and instruction are among the best out there. Please keep up the spectacular work! I enjoy them very much.

[@infinitecreations4702]

OMG that´s sooo much better than chess or shogi... ^_^

[@aymodaslacker8852]

@@JimmyTulip1 the only sad thing about Go is that there's no one to play around you most of the time, unless youre in the 3 big Go countries (jp,ch,kr)

[@heroesofthestormmurky3092]

ZeWorld AKA all of Asia lol

[@ClarkPotter]

@@JimmyTulip1 I'm a 2000-rated chess player, but totally agree with you and have always loved Go more. Just no one plays it and we have a chess club here so I got into chess instead. Chess is great, but deeply arbitrary. Go is profoundly elegant.

[@stefanholbek2449]

I'm a chessplayer and have absolutely no clue what is going on here ... but I will for sure try to understand this game better! ;O)

[@mradversary1537]

Same, i'm trying to learn. haha

[@SamuraiJedi7]

I've recently started to learn to play too

[@stonecat676]

Terrell Allen This game makes no sense. I'm trying to learn it rn but no luck so far

[@klieu90210]

Players take turns placing stones on intersections of a go-ban in attempts to gain territory both through influence and complex undermining strategy. If orthogonally connected stones of one color have no remaining liberties (additional orthogonal positions to connect to), that group is dead and removed from the board. Whoever has more territory at the end wins. Where stones haven't been placed, it is clear who controls what.

[@l3reak]

A go commentary in English! I decided to look on youtube to see if there was anything like this, but I didn't expect to find much. Glad to see a really in depth video like this for westerners. Please keep making game commentaries! :)

[@liuchaquan]

thank you for providing insightful commentary to this historic match! cheers

[@me_hanics]

42:50 if you look "strongly" enough, you can see that White's circles together look like a squirrel

[@samsanchez748]

pure genius.

[@SysyTube]

+Mihály Hanics I saw it :)

[@CJsSTATIC]

Think I see it... is it in the right corner?

[@SysyTube]

top left group is the tail, top right is the head ;)

[@CJsSTATIC]

Oh....I see it now.

[@TheArtInterviews]

Thanks for this video and analysis. It's really amazing the power of some human minds, and this game illustrates just that

[@delphzouzou4520]

Fantastic game, and thanx for your very interesting commentary.

[@TheZentegi]

that was an amazing display of Go. This game can keep me on the edge of my seat.

[@Secret_Moon]

It really blew my mind watching the game and understanding the significance of the moves through the commentary

[@justinyeh7936]

This is the most amazing game I've seen in my 7 years of playing Go.

[@CameronAlsbrook]

I'm a native english speaker and understood it. Great video. I'll check out your website now

[@flow4autumn]

I've been trying to get past understanding nothing about go, and this commentary has completely changed my perspective. Thanks for the great work :)

[@petermartin9494]

Thanks, great work. I love it when you say, these stones are "useless".

[@MassDynamic]

oh man...both players were definitely out for blood. so many big exchanges.

[@toadsalad17]

Thanks so much for this. Great game, obviously, and very helpful commentary.

[@pandau]

Thank you for your commentaries. I can understand every single word of what you said. Keep your great work going. And thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Watching your videos feels like I'm cheating in go because it makes me so strong :)

[@anon9533]

Thank you for sharing this game with us. The captioning is excellent, and I've learned more about play in watching this game than I have in a year of reading. I'll certainly be referring back to it in the future, and watching the rest of your videos.

[@antoncharles17]

Good commentary. Thank u

[@tomcummings3471]

Splendid. I won my first go game thanks, I believe, to this video.

[@paulschmit4480]

super interesting commentary of historical game!

[@jigmesam]

Anyone who's complaining that they can't understand him speak, and isn't a native English speaker, should not complain, and study harder ;) Most of what he says can be understood - yes, his accent is extremely strong and his phonics are off, but he's giving it a go. It would take soooooooooo long to subtitle these videos. Do you really think he should go to all that extra work because your English isn't good enough to understand? có lên!

[@jeffyhtsao]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, or if the commentator changes this in later videos, but the Chinese term 點 is more commonly understood/translated in English as "peep" rather than "point". Awesome video and thank you for the great commentary.

[@wuzimiko]

My jaw dropped. This is very good!

[@NacroxNicke]

Impressive, one of the best games I ever seen, thanks a lot

[@Hilelk]

thank ypu so muchhh please keep making videos like this one

[@Wakookaka]

Awesome to see this game re-uploaded in 1 part and your youtube channel revived :)

[@ChristosChinopoulos]

for a moment, I thought he was speaking in Japanese...

[@walkingphilosopher]

+Christos Chinopoulos It is a chinese accent, not japanese. # i live in Japan

[@999a0s]

+Christos Chinopoulos this isn't a japanese accent, it's a chinese accent. he pronounced kuranosuke "kooranosook", lol

[@Homemdodedosangrando]

Christos Chinopoulos either way still terrible!!

[@BushiBato]

for a moment i thought Jesus was from Chinese city

[@thebigv5573]

You comment with such passion! A truely great game and I can see why it is your favorite of all time

[@crisrnrn]

gocommentary uploads awesome content and I really apreciate it, he speaks english so fluently but his pronunciation is one of the hardest to understand I've ever seen

[@chocobaby2000]

this is great!

[@cheezewheel]

Really enjoyed this, thank you for your insights, I'm fairly new to go, but I'm reading and watching everything I can find. Thank you!

[@qwert_au]

Great video and insight.

[@valdrzorya4017]

I could watch your vids for hours ! .. wait.. I actually did. :) Such a beautyful game !

[@HoangAnhNguyen711]

Thank you for this video, and thank god for the subtitles.

[@kawaiimeatpie9795]

Thanks for this

[@PhenomUprising]

I can easily see why this is your favourite Go game!!

[@rdelargeable]

You sir, made my day

[@brianpennymusic]

This is an amazing game and he gives excellent commentary.

[@tanginio]

Great review! Wu Qingyuan moves are from another dimension...

[@issaavedra]

Amazing, thanks

[@villiamanimelover]

Im a complete rookie and i can tell how epic this game is, anwsome explaination

[@Dillingerman1]

at 9:36 with closed captioning on. "Castille make yourself is their souls........that could lead to cancer". Dying of laughter.

[@Jengochase]

A great game. Put a smile on my face, watching it.

[@eoj096]

Great video!

[@mdafzal1472]

Great video

[@mdafzal1472]

Great video

[@wuzimiko]

I have no problem listening to him, I don't understand why people can't understand him. Do try to listen till the end, it was very enlightening. Just saying^^

[@brisapuente5307]

I read Hokaru no Go and now I am very passionated about go.

[@Suramethar]

2017 no more update? Very nice Commentator! Thank you!

[@davidlean1060]

Am I the only person who got interested in Go after reading about it in Howard Mark's (the late famed international dope smuggler aka Mr Nice) biography?!

[@mdafzal1472]

wow that was a great video, think I’ll play some go, some chess, and some Armis …

[@adamcunningham8248]

This game is mind boggling

[@Rieper47]

I love this video so much

[@normacenva8411]

this was amazingly elegant!

[@taa347]

I watched this game a year ago when I first started really getting into go and thought "Wow this looks so cool! These guys must be really strong!" Now I'm watching it again after reaching amateur 5dan and I have to say I'm actually speechless. The stronger I've gotten, I've come to understand just how good these guys were in their time. It's genuinely amazing and I don't have a way to adequately describe how I feel about their play in this game. It's just awesome. I really hope I can play a game like that someday.

[@theuglytruth5556]

5 dan in one year? No way

[@taa347]

@@theuglytruth5556 Well, 6dan now. When you beat 2dans by 40 points on average, it's hard to look at it another way. It's not like it's unheard of, anyway, I remember seeing Haylee play a guy who was 7dan in a year or something. Wait till you see me as the next AGA professional next year.

[@theuglytruth5556]

@@taa347 It is unheard if, noone has ever been 5d in just 1 year.

[@taa347]

@@theuglytruth5556 For the record we're talking 5 dan amateur, not a pro or anything. It's really not that hard to do. My best friend got to 3d KGS in the same time I got to 6d so it's not like I'm even alone here.

[@theuglytruth5556]

@@taa347 What's your kgs account name?

[@IKelkai]

The whole game blows my DDK mind. White had the clear advantage up until endgame then black forced him into a gote sequence which ended with a result that white should resign? Unbelievable.

[@icyboy771z]

On the auto generated english subtitles...its hilarious..

[@charlesosborne1943]

It almost reminds me of a more innocent mxc.

[@icyboy771z]

+Charles Osborne at 16:52 "Black senator scat to the scope the subjects game"... just lol.. 21:33 "Iraq at NASA" ... LOL xD

[@dillonainsworth]

lol thankyou for the idea... most enjoyable...

[@stratsound4505]

+icyboy771z at 18:28 you just have to see for yourself. :)

[@BluesPiano100]

"it was a record holder of the fattest dam promotion"

[@ThMrksman]

This is one of those videos where the english captions are totally brilliant.

[@stewyofdunners]

Thanks for the great video. Interesting to see that game explained beyond my reading ability. BTW....I'm from NZ / UK and find your accent perfectly understandable.

[@vKilik]

I would love to see them play today.

[@arekkrolak6320]

well done!

[@windwalkerrangerdm]

That plot twist at the end was jaw-dropping!

[@clammeny]

Incredible.

[@Ashhousewarez]

it touched my hard deeply, love it :P thx for the review, hope to see more

[@nahoynahizzle7001]

I enjoyed his accent.

[@jariworld]

Thank you for game's comment.Goseigen's flexible move.

[@cheedeeweedee]

Amazing game!

[@macnolds4145]

It's the principle. Once it's clear that a group is dead, you don't capture them. Instead, you play elsewhere, where it's more important. You should play "where you must play" or where you can make the most territory instead. Think of it this way: an "extra" turn can be worth much more than 5 stones.

[@mdminaul2984]

Wow very nice

[@LoneLuncherUF]

great commentary... :D

[@YSFmemories]

@korniginx As I was saying, Aaaa nihon no dokoka ni... the song is called ii hi tabitachi originally sung by yamaguchi momoe (I think)

[@saadnhome3078]

Very wonderful and I wish you success and success Raja continued download these amazing lessons and I hope to be downloaded with the translation of the Arabic language, I do not know the language Alanclc Please download. It has an Arabic translation

[@quangjd]

I love it when the commentary says "It is unacceptable"

[@herroguysitsme]

awesome!!!!!!!!! thank you so much for this video! it helped my level come from weak 5k to near 4k

[@beardedpineapple1]

Very impressive game, very strong

[@RealBadG]

Nice commentary :)

[@StopFear]

Great video and illustration. But I cannot understand the pronunciation of the narrator's English words.

[@Ethia9]

there's subtitles

[@figaw]

Ethia9 thanks!

[@Zuke22]

29:34 This power, Shocked my heart deeply

[@fumbles40]

brilliant game commentary ^^