How To Play Go (Beginner Tutorial)

This video tutorial will teach you how to play Go
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This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Go and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players, as well as, experienced players that need a refresher.
After watching, you will know the basics of how to play the board game Go. All that is left to do is grab a friend and start playing!
This Go tutorial will cover the following topics:
0:00 Intro
0:11 Overview
0:28 Setup
0:47 Objective
1:15 Game Play
1:31 Terms
2:27 Winning
3:32 Rules Review
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[@myYTchannel00]

Thank you for posting! I'm obssessed with the Netflix series "The Glory" and really want to learn how to play.

[@syedafaryal986]

Hii.. hope you are doing great✨ I want to ask have you played this game???

[@mmmayori]

THATS WHY IM HERE TOO 😭

[@adviceforyou9107]

@@mmmayori me threeeeeeeee

[@jazviolet07]

Me fourrr 🤧🤧🤧 but I can't win against Cosumi online!!!

[@meutod2]

Sammmme! 😂❤

[@hyperdrivepics]

Used to read a manga about a kid who played Go. Yes, he had the spirit of an ancient Go player inside him. But it's cool to learn the rules all these years later!

[@wrestlerdude6955]

Hikaru no Go? I was just watching that😅😅

[@adeus666]

Hikaru No Go is the best way to hook anime fans on the game. The Manga and anime productions were supervised by an established professional player, and every game shown was taken from a professional match (some sites have the episodes and game records tracked)

[@raphaelsanluis9711]

So true

[@matttumberman2191]

@@adeus666 it's the ONLY Go anime anyway haha

[@regi7675]

That’s why I’m here

[@icouldbejokingbut]

The Japanese librarian at my old school had 3 Go boards and she taught us how to play and I think it’s quite fun

[@yabbaguy]

I'm impressed how much you covered in a 4-minute video. One thing, call them "stones", not "markers", even if they're plastic. :)

[@AlAl-xd2ep]

OMGOSH you make it sound so much easier than I thought it was😮 I watch The Glory and I have become inspired to learn to play GO🥰 Thank you so much for this tutorial tutorial 💕

[@doubleRprodutions]

So how's it going? Have you learned anything?

[@Berdcleo]

also here because of The Glory. lol

[@Niamhy1314]

Thank you! This was a brilliant, simple to follow tutorial. I first learned of this game in the first season, first episode of Criminal Minds Extreme Aggressor and Reid described it as ‘the hardest board game ever’. I had to find out how to play. Great explanations for beginners.

[@Dajen_Tk]

Yes same here. Saw that episode today and it brought me here

[@kayburgess8536]

I've played Chess for years I ran across this game in a movie wasn't even sure it was real so I'm glad you have this its pretty simple my grandson will like it I taught him Chess when he was 7

[@crystallight2]

I have a Go set but never understood how to play. Thank you.

[@morten1975dk]

I have seen 4 videos now and still have no idea how to play this game. Did you ever figure it out? And was it a good game?

[@crystallight2]

@@morten1975dk I've played a few games with other people. I'm still very much a novice, and mistakes have to still be pointed out.

[@maybememory1]

As a westerner, I feel so simple 🙈 We always put things inside the box. This is very literally outside of the box 😆

[@GradStudentTutorials]

Simple, perfect, and clear explanation! Thank you :)

[@infinitelove3740]

Very nicely explained 👍 thank you.

[@MrzPiink]

Thank you this was very helpful ❤

[@AmbientWalking]

Thanks for this! Helpful!

[@ShraddhaStudentCareerPoineer]

Beautifully explained

[@positive8373]

Fair explanation - just a little fast to understand the concepts at the midway and end. I'll need to review it a couple times since I have never played game before. Thanks

[@supersmallchibiwolf872]

I remember playing GO and a few other games from Asia years ago as a kid. Cool video. ^_^

[@timothymnemonic79]

I am very grateful for your words of wisdom and actions.

[@toniimus]

I did not know anything about this game and you explained this very clearly. Thank you.

[@ouafaebendiir2396]

I want to know where I can buy it ??

[@annamarieocuramillan6300]

Who else got interested and curious in this game after watching it from a kdrama series "The Glory" starrying Song hye yo? Hhaha

[@rainy905]

I did, but then agian the game did looked familiar to me haha

[@The_Super_NOVA]

MEEEE!

[@Berdcleo]

same

[@ArenaNerd]

Me as well

[@stephen5070]

Go is a difficult game to master because how abstract and flexible the strategy is. It’s about building, capturing , claiming territory, recognizing patterns, analyzing the board, not being greedy and so forth.

[@whitedove071089]

Thank you. I just learned from watching once. It was clear

[@xbiggrape8802]

thank you :)

[@shoq13]

thank you

[@sayvilletech9135]

Thanks, I really could not have figured out all this from an app I downloaded.

[@unknown-lz5of]

thank you so much

[@ReflectionOcean]

- Understand the objective: control the board and capture enemy markers (0:48). - Learn the board setup: use a 9x9 grid for beginners (0:38). - Identify intersections: place markers where lines meet on the board (1:10). - Start with black markers: black plays first (1:16). - Recognize liberties: open intersections connected to your markers (1:32). - Form units for strength: connect same-color markers (1:49). - Capture opponent units: fill all liberties around them (2:05). - End the game with passes: signal by passing a marker to opponent (2:28). - Calculate final score: count controlled intersections minus captures (2:53). - Avoid repeating board positions: do not recreate a prior board state (3:34).

[@vviizoo]

u guys know this game for the glory meanwhile me from reply 1988 😭

[@harvinkaur08]

If you watched the glory and obsessed with Go then watch Kwon sang woo's movie The Divine Move 2

[@a2zadi]

Where can it be watched? And also is Glory worth the long journey ? As someone in 30s I' slightly skeptic in picking up theme involving students

[@prajitpatel4185]

Outstanding

[@willingtoheal4341]

Who is here after watching the Glory?😅

[@aroma0159]

Hhhhhhhhhhhh 😅

[@aleeshacedeno8208]

I am 😂😂

[@sallehsamikin1704]

how the hell you know😂

[@IknowIamafool]

Thanks

[@jayweh]

2:32 this is where I struggle. how do I see that the game is basically over at that point?

[@tajwaradil9846]

Amazing

[@user-sm9zs7sc8u]

I used to play this game with my grandfather when I was younger 😊

[@Kitiidiii]

Watching this because of Choi Taek (reply 1988) and CEO Do Young (The Glory) hehe

[@zohrarehman7197]

its all about the intersections not being taken over. Seems like a very tactical and analytical game. would like to play.

[@mrsgingernoisette]

03:00 while we count the empty space, can't this game go on by placing more stones there?

[@BigPinkBootyDaddy]

nice intro. miss the notion of "life" and "two eyes" for a group to have life. but this was an excellent overview. very playable from here. thank you.

[@1StepForwardToday]

What exactly are "2 eyes" and "life"?

[@mnemony3151]

@@1StepForwardToday when a group of stones has fully surrounded 2 separate places, then there is no possible way for the opponent to play in either of those places, which means it is impossible for that group to ever be captured. these surrounded places are called "eyes" and when a group has 2 or more eyes then the group is said to be "alive"

[@umilegoraice424]

It’s a great video for complete beginners but, first of all we say stones not markers and also ,even do it may be difficult, we hold stones between the major and the index.

[@a2zadi]

What is major?

[@ericribeiro3888]

4:20 good work

[@sujatha_jha]

Thanks for an easy-to-understand tutorial. However, I could not work out how you calculated the points/score from the open intersections. I tried for both black and white but didn't reach the numbers you mentioned. Could you pls explain this in detail? Thnx

[@k31than]

@3:21 How is the amount [of compensation] determined? Is it random?

[@bin4ry_d3struct0r]

The proper way to pick up the stones (not markers) is by sandwiching them between your index and middle fingers with the index finger at the bottom. Do it in any other way, and you signal to your opponent that you're a beginner.

[@a2zadi]

Amazing..

[@jamiecee4960]

I love this game. It's been a while since I played it though. Not easy to win either.

[@yipengyang2227]

Im a chinese and I play go. If u want learn go 1v1 u can contact me😆

[@The_Super_NOVA]

Here after watching The Glory. I want to learn the basics so maybe I can play in a park when I visit Korea. 😎

[@alanaa0]

who's there after "The glory"?😅

[@jenovagg1536]

I'm here because of Joanne Massingham

[@deepankarsingh7050]

All coming here after watching glory😅, and By The Divine move 🙌

[@heirofaniu]

Is there a guideline for figuring out the compensation that white gets or is that more just something the two players agree upon?

[@mnemony3151]

its something the players agree on, but the komi almost always ends with ".5" so as to prevent a tie game. The most common values picked are 6.5, 7.5, 5.5, and 0.5

[@adeus666]

"Markers" and "units"? First time I've heard those words used for stones and groups (and I've been playing at least 12 years). I'm also very confused about passing costing a stone. What country's rule set is this supposed to be from? I've attended a tournament before (Canadian open) and that form of "pass" didn't exist there either

[@capness1228]

If you've been playing for twelve year why are you watching beginners videos? So you can be pedantic? Need a self esteem boost because you suck at the game?

[@bensas42]

2:34 Why is this considered game over? Why can't you place more white markers behind the black ones, or vice versa, to capture more territory?

[@09ziyad]

You can but you wouldn't be able to make two eyes so it's pointless to do.

[@Cyber.Thunder]

"Hikaru No Go" gang, where you at? :)

[@ozzyg82]

How is the compensated amount agreed upon? E.g. what’s it based on, is it completely random or is there a mathematical way to work out how much of a disadvantage the white player is at in terms of points? Also, is the rule, that you can’t play a counter in such a way that repeats a prior position, indefinite - or can you do it after a certain number of other goes?

[@mekkler]

From 6½ points (Japan, Korea) to 7½ points (China, US).

[@pickupsomemilk]

The amount was decided statistically so that professional players' games would give black and white a 50/50 win rate. It started at 4.5 in the 1920s and was increased twice to reach 6.5. Superhuman AIs have since shown us that we basically got that value right.

[@user-bp9yc7yq3p]

Hit like if you came here after seeing "Go Game" in the Glory 😜

[@citizenbobx]

I don't understand in looking at the final position for this example why more stones couldn't be played on the open intersections on the bottom half of the board. The rules I was given say you can play a stone as long as that stone would have one liberty when played, so it seems like there's a bunch more to settle?

[@mnemony3151]

they could have kept playing if they wanted to but all of their invasions would end in failure and their invading stones being captured, which would give more points to the opponent. when both players agree there are no more good moves to play, they both pass and the game ends.

[@mekkler]

@@mnemony3151 Wouldn't the remaining stones after the capture reduce the points of that player?

[@mnemony3151]

@@mekkler Yes, to an extent. It depends on how good the defending player is at extending. Some attacks are so hopeless that there is no reason to even respond. If the defender knows there is no chance the attacker can survive within that space, then the defender doesn't need to respond and can pass while the attacker continues. Eventually, the attacker will be forced to realize that their attack has failed and all of their invading stones are just captures, free points, for the defender. In some rulesets, passing also means 1 point for the opponent, in which case it's much more worth it for the attacker to make risky invasions. But games will still tend to end early because both players will be good enough to tell when they are too far behind.

[@mekkler]

​@@mnemony3151 I have heard many explanations for how to play Go, they were always confusing on this point. Thank you for a very clear explanation.

[@manish_semwal_26]

Legends came here after The Glory.

[@Yishai-dl9fr]

Reminds me of chess or checkers but different

[@he-2ronacantonao733]

Im interested this game because of the kdrama that i watch❤

[@sajijala4295]

I'm here because of Reply 1988 and The Glory :)

[@puplewolf6761]

Who also got motivated to learn after watching the glory

[@VaibhavShewale]

here after watching 2014 movie the divine move, lol!

[@MrNarxy]

Sooooo who else is here because they can't beat the rabbit in warframe?

[@user-lq9oi5jq3n]

Okay.

[@Moepowerplant]

It would so much more fun to play in a tournament if with each capture a referee intones, "Sweet," or "Divine."

[@VEK47]

Who is here after reading Treatise on Nomadology? 😅

[@Captain.Dank64]

Is there a game called “stop” as well?

[@SkunkStarlight]

There is Go Stop, though it is a very different game from Go. 🎴

[@josemanuelbeltranavilez8703]

Yuo

[@josemanuelbeltranavilez8703]

Yup

[@josemanuelbeltranavilez8703]

In Mexico there is a game call basta or stop in Spanish

[@KavyaAggarwal-sm2gb]

Lmao

[@doubleRprodutions]

This wasn't a tutorial, it was a run down of the rules. Can anyone point me to a video that goes through basic tactics? Literally every resource I've found goes on about the rules. I know what a liberty is, but I don't know how to form strategy.

[@farzanashah1521]

Who came here to learn to play go being inspired by the glory

[@brokeyourfaceonufc4988]

Bro there is a board game that I’m seeing I guess in a move but it’s a real it’s 2 lil kids playin and the one kid won with the one black chip against like i guess 12 white chips and the board was like plank light brown and dark brown

[@vj7248]

Go is GOAT'd

[@Datb2]

The Glory brought me here

[@Jokersworld894]

Reply 1988 made me interested in Go play

[@gnt10]

Why are you saying marker instead of stone?

[@mooniex5830]

Im here after watching 1988

[@michaelbauers8800]

I thought they were called stones, not markers?

[@freakmoister]

Call it by its proper name

[@dannygjk]

I was never able to figure out all the legalities of playing Go even tho I tried off and on for decades. Maybe my brain is too smooth.

[@WideMouth]

They’re called stones, not “markers.”

[@tesilab994]

Some suggestions: 1. Before doing a video on go, learn how to hold and place the stones. Its easy. 2. When showing a go board, the grain of the wood on the board should run up/down, not left right, unless you are showing players facing each other from the left and the right. The grid squares are typically not even square, but taller in the wood grain dimension. 3. You provide terminology, but the single most common term you consistently fail to use is STONES. The markers are called stones! 4. The size of the board is not adjusted for player ability (a handicap is provided to adjust for that). Though the smallest board might be used to drill someone in tactics before moving to a larger one. The 9x9 board is preferred for a tactical lightning game, the 13x13 is to scale the game into a chess-like/lunchtime time frame, since 19x19 is a bigger time investment. 5. You described connected stones as "units" and while that is a useful word, in 30 years I've been playing go, I have never ever ever heard them called "units". There are three common terms for them. The most common term is "groups" (though others will use the term group more loosely than that), or they are more technically called either "strings" or "chains". 6. End the game by passing stones is not at all a universal convention. It was adopted by the American Go Association, but the game has been played for literally thousands of years without passing stones.

[@effingyoutube69]

Hey Kiddo

[@kstryker22]

Who's here from watching the Live Action One Piece? I am :D

[@charissetish]

Anybody else here after watching The Glory

[@The_Super_NOVA]

ME!

[@w_memes_yt]

What game is this?

[@dylanrb88]

Who's here because Adam Conover's AI video?

[@catarina8674]

I watched apothecary series...

[@szargos]

I don't understand why in this example, the game is over. Can't white play on the bottom line of the board, for example, then black plays, and they just continue?

[@mnemony3151]

they could have kept playing if they wanted to but all of their invasions would end in failure and their invading stones being captured, which would give more points to the opponent. when both players agree there are no more good moves to play, they both pass and the game ends.

[@kech267]

The board is actually 8 by 8?

[@weimondo]

it's the number of intersections. Not the number of squares

[@mekkler]

The standard board is 19x19 intersections. Smaller teaching boards can be 13x13, even 9x9 which would be considered trivial by go players.

[@Spenceley]

Yeah, I still don't get it lol.

[@NaihanchinKempo]

stones,and libertys not markers and intersections

[@hjrkahasanova3057]

Glory watchers?😂

[@cornorange7622]

you dont call this tutorial. you call this corporate manual that no one wants to read and proceed

[@sonamarya4182]

Legends came here after watching 'The Glory'....

[@evarchavex4800]

Unit? Markers? If you're going to make a tutorial, then at least get the basic terms right. They're called groups and stones.