learn go in 15 mins

[@JM-vq5jz]

When you're trying to learn how to play but then you realize no one you know will wanna go through the effort to learn too

[@ferdinandhansel3248]

play online

[@Senfree]

I taught my friend how to play as I was learning.

[@nessie_roswell]

Tell me about it 😂

[@armtc]

"no one you know will wanna GO through the effort to learn too" Anyways, it's actually not a hard game to learn. The rules are easier to learn than Monopoly. The difficulty comes from strategy. Once you start playing, you will get lost at how you should go about the game. So theoretically, if both people are beginners, it's quite easy to pick up and play.

[@jw-fv2gn]

I suffer from this with ALL board games

[@fractalfalcon4390]

"Most people are gonna disagree with me and that's why we live in a world where people can have various opinions." Never played Go. Probably going to start now. Pure gold.

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

You know he's hardcore when he has one Go board atop another.

[@samlicskingdom262]

"Go into your heart" brought me here. Those who don't know its a C-Drama. Quite good 🥰🥰🥰

[@robertomartin59]

I have watched a few videos on Go and been perplexed by the logic. "Supply lines" made everything fall into place! Thanks...

[@roflmows]

this is making me hungry for Mentos.

[@alanhalleyson9867]

+jockmcdock lol

[@PJEntusSalt]

+roflmows mentos vs. minstrels

[@nanthilrodriguez]

+roflmows You think you're funny, but literally every person that I have ever taught this game has made that joke, to the point where, when I pull the board it, I begin teaching by saying "This is go. No, it isn't connect 4, it isn't 5 in a row, it isn't othello, yes I know their slogan is easy to learn difficult to master (which they stole from this game) and no you the white stones are not gummy mints. Don't try to eat them or you'll chip your tooth. "

[@alanhalleyson9867]

+Nathan Rogers calm down

[@nanthilrodriguez]

+Alan Halleyson Who isn't calm? If you read anger in my comment, I'm sorry, but you're projecting.

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

Go is deceptively simple, but as you said it takes a life time to master all its intricacies. I have a friend that likes it a lot, so maybe through learning from your videos I could actually play him eventually and not make a fool o myself. Thank you for your work.

[@rkciy]

I just want to say thank you for making this. A friend of mine has been asking me to play for quite some time, but I was intimated by the rules. Your explanation of the 'supply lines' is very helpful.

[@vitalydmtrysvidler8023]

Chess is complicated, go is complex. Chess stimulates both hemispheres but mainly the left one. Go stimulates the right hemisphere which helps you see the whole picture and strenghten your intuition. There still exist some go patterns when invading corners and some josekis, so I believe Go also have huge impact on your left hemisphere.

[@oberkoetterkyle5779]

This video has literally changed my life...for the better. Thanks, man! Much love

[@theduddha2]

Comments like that makes my week. Thank you so much!!!!

[@kevinkong6653]

I thought chess had crazy reversals moves you can do on your opponent this has an entirely different level of outwitting & out thinking your opponent. I like it.

[@theduddha2]

+Kevin Kong true

[@brettwisner]

Okay I should be AAA’s

[@igooog]

"Most people are gonna disagree with me and that's why we live in a world where people can have various opinions." This is above my own capabilities, but I would like to crown this dude King of the Internet.

[@TheUnderculture]

Here I am 9 years later benefitting from you taking the time to teach us. Thank you!

[@theduddha2]

I never considered myself a teacher. Just a student sharing what I'm learning. I appreciate the comment

[@tericath1]

You were the best of explaining the rules of Go ..I have watched three different videos but did not get all the details but you explained it really well :) thanks

[@jinchoung]

ooooooooooooh.... nice. really like the analogy of supply lines. and I finally understand the concept of "eyes". I think one thing that would have helped me to get it quicker is "if it doesn't remove all liberties from THE ENEMY GROUP". eyes always confounded me because I was trying to see all the liberties for every stone which seemed confusing and undoable but even though it's pretty much the same thing, trying see the liberties remaining for the entire group made it much more clear for me. thanks!

[@EliKennedy]

Thanks for this video. Good on you for giving us beginners a helping hand.

[@theduddha2]

glad to help.

[@angrymechanic3333]

Your video was so good. Everything is so much more sense now. Thanks for being a champ. God Bles.

[@iamzid]

well you know, 8 years after this video was posted i'm finding it helpful to understand the concepts of go. though it was so long ago, thank you for making this and not messing around in the explanations.

[@alanmerritt3005]

Well done ! Avoids the "esoteric subtleties" and gives the student a clear grounding in what is a VERY difficult game to master

[@t_n_rasberry8387]

Nicely explained the importance of specific moves

[@Kleavers]

Interesting game. Far more complex than I thought.

[@theduddha2]

+Kleavers Try playing it on a large board and you will really be overwhelmed for quite a while.

[@TateJenson]

theduddha2 下设咖啡

[@corpuscallosum5862]

It's the most complex board game in the world ;)

alphago has beat your human masters, robots are a game away from the planet of the apes domination! you are doomed, go now. go, go gadget! let's go!

[@pc_screen5478]

@@corpuscallosum5862 No it's not. That would be "The Campaign for North Africa", which requires 1200 hours per match and has 11 different rule books explaining all of the rules. Nothing else comes even close to this. But compared to other popular board games Go's complexity is still high

[@nicdoesthings]

i've been playing Go online for a few days now since i started reading a manga about it and thought it seemed fun. now i'm here to learn what i'm doing wrong since most of my moves aren't able to be played. thanks!

[@megarural3000]

Thank you this clarified the blurry lines I had about go that the instruction manual did not cover, great video.

[@theduddha2]

glad to help

[@QuijanoPhD]

Thanks for this! Been trying to teach my kid for almost a week, and with this he got it easily!

[@jgigas9834]

I'm new to Go. I'm picking it up because of a famous Naruto character that plays it and they are influential. Anyway going through all these tutorial videos, until I found yours, most, were so dry and dead inside and I was just looking to find yours without knowing what your video was. I just knew there was going to be a good, close to home, no non-sense content video. Thank you. Glad you were real. I hope you understand where I'm coming from. I usually don't type this much.

[@adud6764]

+Jgigas hahaha

[@theduddha2]

+Jgigas Thanks buddy!

[@jgigas9834]

+theduddha2 :)

[@Brownkevin7]

what charecter

[@lexperley1531]

ah shikamaru

[@StopFear]

Great video. I already knew the rules of Go from reading but here the e smokes are very well illustrated and narrated.

[@colinguthrie5885]

Well done….. you have inspired me to get av13 set… thanks

[@theduddha2]

Yea!!!!

[@JeffJacquesmd]

Haven;t played for years and just getting back into Go. Board, stones and bowls ordered. Going to spend the Christmas break to teach my wife and sons how to play.

[@theduddha2]

NICE!

[@yoda1799]

The "supply line" analogy is a great way to look at it

[@paulmuszynski5138]

@ 0:50 I completely agree, the 9x9 is not teaching me much anymore, 3 months into learning. Trying to wrap your head around the 19x19 definitely requires 13x13 practice if you are a new player imo.

[@CapnHolic]

Great video man. Watched a couple others but this one was the easiest to understand.

[@theduddha2]

CapnHolic glad to help!

[@chuckingram1753]

CapnHolic hi

[@SD-iy3sp]

Very clear descriptions. Good job!

[@theduddha2]

Thx. It's a very old video...

[@amanatee27]

I had watched a different tutorial, but something wasn't clicking. When you explained the liberty to be like a supply line, it really helped me understand [: Thank you!

[@___xyz___]

I know it's probably been said a thousand times, but that rule he @7:35 calls a K.O. rule is actually a Japanese word (not an abbreviation) _ko_ (劫) pronounced straightforwardly like CO- in COrn (or CAU- in CAUght). For novice Japanese language enthusiasts, it can almost sound as if he's saying keiyō or kenyō, both of which have multiple meanings unrelated to the word's literal meaning of "eternity".

[@theduddha2]

That is super nice thank you!

[@theduddha2]

Yep... this video was made when I was a beginner... I was self-taught and I learned from books so... I know better now but thank you

[@catyear75]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks so much !

[@jimbartz1356]

Don't place the stones when the camera is from the angle you are using because you obscure the placement of the stones where they go down. Position the camera at approximately 10 o'clock or from your left shoulder so we can always see the stones. I like the way you explain the rules so they are easy to understand. Thanks. I can't wait to get a board and start playing.

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

I totally agree. Your hand is always obscuring what you are talking about. This one correction would turn a barely adequate video into an excellent one. Also, more than once, you say "black" when you should be saying "white," or vice versa (e.g., at 10:05).

[@pem428]

Just ordered a cheap 19x19 to start and teach my nephew to teach him strategic "big picture" thinking. Thanks for the vid, from a fellow dude 🤙

[@theduddha2]

🤙

[@GamerSkibbe]

Despite you confusing black and white (and sides and corners) a couple of times, a very helpful video! Thanks :)

[@fabriziodutto7508]

Clear and easy to follow instructions! Thank you!

[@anonimus5563]

Hi! I am a kid in Euro Youth of go(trying to get in the team), but I am showing this to my friend while telling her some more things and I would be happy if I saw this before I started playing go, really a great video!

[@theduddha2]

Glad to help!

[@uspatriot6414]

Thank you. Never played and just trying to learn the game. This was helpful.

[@Spudst3r]

I think you can thank Google DeepMind Alpha Go for the huge jump in views :)

[@theduddha2]

+Spuds7er Wow no kidding!

[@minch333]

+theduddha2 Hey man, thanks for the video but can I ask what precisely counts as territory and how does the game end? Like, I'm assuming you can't replay in an area where your stones had previously been captured, right? If I watch your example game, will this explain everything?

[@DoorThief]

[@macdeep8523]

I will beat deepmind one day , one day will.come

[@famfawa3836]

Oh yeah that's why I'm here

[@solarestone]

12:29 till "I'll probably gonna title the video *learn go in 15 minutes*" sounds like an Interdimensional Cable commercial

[@hukes]

"ad infinitum" was ok. :)

[@cariatas]

Thank you very much!! for your patience and kindness I will learn it !

[@theduddha2]

Awesome

[@montshooliyani4114]

I love you for this. I've been trying to find something to break it down easier. This was awesome

[@IFitHadtobetoldRight]

Thought chess was at the top.. just started playing this.. thoughts change

[@someguy_namingly]

Just a couple of remarks: - At 6:15 it's a bit confusing because it follows an explanation about how corner captures are easier, so when you say that people start in the corners it's not clear that you mean it's because it's easier to _enclose territory_ there due to it being easier to wall off. (And that people don't start by playing *right* in the corner. :P) - At 10:00 you say that the group has two false eyes, but that's not true; it's a real eye, but it's the only one. Anyway, nice tutorial! I especially liked the supply line analogy . :) I'm going to borrow that next time I explain the rules to someone. :P

[@OsamaBinLooney]

a minute to learn, a lifetime to master XD

[@moomoolaka]

good explanation of the game, I started your video not knowing what go is, now I have an idea of how to play , thank you :)

[@zacharywilliamson5395]

Im just learning Go xmas 2014.Getting a Goban as present.Love Chess lifelong,new Go experience Im looking forward to.Thank you,for a good video Intro to Go.You showed me basic play even before I started.

[@theduddha2]

Glad to help

[@amirPenton]

Great explanation of ko rule, I was having trouble with that and this definitely cleared things up

[@ke1Ta360]

Hikaru no go makes so much more sense now 😩✨👌🏾💖

[@baatarbeifong7869]

I can't believe there actually exists something like Pai Sho in the Avatar the last airbender universe. I was already excited about the existence of something similar to chi-blocking in the form of pressure point martial art as well as buildings precariously situated on mountains like the Tiger's Nest in Bhutan which is like the air nomad temples. I wonder what else can be actually found from the show~

[@Coen80]

Why do I count 12*12 on the board?? Edit : ah because it played on the lines

[@BoytleStratege]

u have to count the intersections, not the squares

[@felixgutierrez993]

Love strategy been playing chess since I was five and reading Sun Tzu. I wanted to learn this for so long and after watching HxH I decided I need to learn it know! Thanks man super good!

[@golfvilla2]

Thank you very much. I have been playing GO on my cell phone and didn't understand a lot of things that you cleared up with your video. Your video was very clear and easy to understand.

[@theduddha2]

Glad to help!

[@Grannn]

Much appreciated! Thank you for taking the time to explain.

[@hpchagas]

Thanks for sharing! I saved a lot of time because your comment about "9x9" and "big picture" game vision. Great!

[@skroot7975]

Here to understand why AlphaGo is a big deal. I have no idea what Go is about. Literally. Now for the vid! edit: Ah there. Thank you, excellent walkthrough!

[@theduddha2]

+Skroot Alpha Go is the first computer program that beat a strong professional player in a serious match.

[@skroot7975]

theduddha2 I know. I just had no idea why it was significant since I didn't know what Go was. Now I do! Thank you! :)

[@Invisible-Rhino]

Go is about sharing unfairly - , or about trading and figuring out ways to try to get the best part of the deal

[@theduddha2]

@@Invisible-Rhino excellent explanation!!!

[@blakehawkins3296]

I know this was from 4 years ago, but I believe it is because of how complex go is. Chess algorithms have always been pretty good because all they do is look at what every possible move is on any given turn, looks at how that will affect the next couple turns, and picks the best one. Go has so many possible moves and is so complex that it would be very hard to calculate that.

[@abstractbybrian]

@6:38 those two black stones aren't connected because there is no line that joins those two intersections, correct? And by cutting off black with the two white stones, isn't white cutoff and in two groups as well?

[@Daniel-tm9fg]

Well explained, thanks

[@companyof8]

Thank you for making this video. Very helpful!

[@theobserver314]

This is very intriguing...

[@dinos7318]

Hey duddha2, i have to say, that you really did your share to keep me interested in the game of Go. I am still a beginner and your Videos helped me A LOT! Please keep on going with your Videos. I like your approach, guiding the "beginners". Please keep donig it and many thanks for that!

[@theduddha2]

Hope you are still playing and not a beginner anymore?

[@mickeynotmouse]

i can tell this guy is a massive nerd and i love it lol

[@averagecyclist4707]

Very clear video , I actually feel like it is something I could grasp !

[@theduddha2]

You can! Not hard to learn, only to master

[@deannagurich6709]

This was so clear and helpful. Thank you for this video.

[@sonOfLiberty100]

Wow what a great video

[@Cayixs]

Great video man thank you I feel like you covered all my questions! Thank you!

[@Richie086]

Great tutorial. Next time I need to explain go to someone I am going to show them this video.

[@shaunhinds8416]

I have a question. So in your example with the eyes, after white takes the black stones, what prevents the black stones from coming back into that space to take either the one stone in the territories (the killing stone) or the side stones? I have always wondered this and I don't know how it is solved.

[@Invisible-Rhino]

there is a rule that you cannot play a stone that would be suicide for itself or for a group: so having two internal liberties makes a group unkillable,

[@choux8372]

Thank you for this video, this is really helpful and I'm excited to try go online!

[@theduddha2]

Glad to help

[@teslastellar]

Great explanation 👍

[@theduddha2]

Thankx

[@Codynstef21]

Great video! Thank you

[@djchilxxn]

at 11:15, are the two groups of stones on the side killable, even though the group is alive? I thought I had a huge living group and my opponent kept breaking it by splitting me up at the diagonals. Are diagonals ever truly protected, even with a living group?

[@bogdan_cx]

Great video! i learned it very easy with your video

[@RujutsuMaster]

Where did you get that Go set? It's beautiful.

[@richardhampson1290]

Great simple explanation - thank you!

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

FINALLY a good GO video! Thank you!!!!

[@jameswiscott6480]

Thankx!!!!

[@Val-fp6fz]

Thie video is amazing. It has seriously saved me so much time

[@RaviK-sv5dx]

grate job keep it up .

[@eavesDropSound]

Sun Tzu brought me here...

[@Quickstep1716]

Hi there.

[@tuomashirvonen8473]

Sun Tzu good man

[@redx589]

Hikaru no Go brought me here....

[@bulatog380]

me as well. better than chess

[@hoodplayz8883]

I read his book The Art of War, but I don’t remember him referencing the game. I found out about the game from a random article.

[@squidy7771]

I agree w you on the 13x13 statement. If I wanna play a big game that isn't that long, it's really fun.

[@elisabeth73]

This reminds me of so many board games combined. Never heard of this before. Just told my husband that we need to buy this and try. I was thinking about some sort of multipe level board strategy game - imagine the one played by Vulcans in Star Trek. But this is actually touching some of the cerebral experience I was trying to get for contemplation. Nice 😊👍

[@theduddha2]

There's a lot of good places but I like to check Yellow Mountain Imports before I go anywhere else for Go material.

[@noiprocsZ]

Played same game 20 years ago, but it was played on a piece of paper and we used to call it ground, cause when you capture one or more of your opponents dots, you get to mark that territory.

[@sugarcoder]

This is a very useful tutorial! Definitely bookmarked it! :)

[@theduddha2]

+SugarCoder Thank you

[@theduddha2]

+SugarCoder thx

[@roynexus6]

Thank you for posting this. Very useful and concise explanation.

[@balluumm1]

Excellent, really informative. Thank you.

[@AndyVandercoy]

Very helpful. Picked up a used book to learn some patterns

[@theduddha2]

good idea

[@AndyVandercoy]

theduddha2 Yeah it's this: www.amazon.com/Game-Go-Matthew-MacFadyen/dp/1858687225/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424457632&sr=8-1&keywords=game+of+go+patterns and another book by Arthur Smith for historical purposes mainly. Found out that book is outdated, but good more for history

[@Invisible-Rhino]

senseis.xmp.net/ learn patterns, also www.josekipedia.com/ , and goproblems.com/

[@W4ABN]

Just heard about this game. Pretty interesting and the rules seem fairly simple enough to start. Thanks for the explaination.

[@NyagoNoir]

Thanks for posting! Very easy to follow 😃

[@SirLallington]

Nicely paced and well constructed tutorial. A job well done 🤓✌️

[@Abraxis86]

If you have those clear spaces which are captured (eyes?) could you just place stones there to simplify the appearance of the board?

[@theduddha2]

+Abraxis86 if you fill in the eyes, they can be captured, and also, the empty intersections are counted as points, so to fill in is to lose some points.

[@responsestability8376]

"most people are gonna disagree with me, but Uh, that's why we live in a world where people can have different opinions"😂😂😂😂😂

[@vitalydmtrysvidler8023]

If everybody feels the same, loves the same things, watches the sames series, movies, listen to the same songs ,belong to the same political party. Would you live in a place where everybody is the same , therefore there is no diversity , therefore conversations would be 100% percent predictable because everybody feels the same. I ' m really sorry if i'm messing with your brain, it is very difficult to understand with it . You can understand better with your heart .You can have people who feel the same in comunist countries sucjmh North Korea. BORING. But still there are some diffwrences.

[@BijanIzadi]

Thank you for this video, I am so happy I watched this.

[@jeslynteh7526]

this actually sounds fun

[@joelalain]

why is the board flat with squares drawn into it? shouldnt it make more sense to just have small holes on the board so the pebbles dont move??

[@GREGBURRELL1]

thx was a good introduction, as i received the game for xmas 2014, used to play alot back gammon, but this sounds more complex and an unending amount of possibilities

[@theduddha2]

You heard correct! Enjoy your Go!

[@VulcanOnWheels]

7:17 I've heard this called Ko (as 1 word). The person I've heard that from is a 9-dan professional player, and it was during a video about a match between Lee Sedol and AlphaGo. If you like, you can watch it on the channel entitled DeepMind.

[@theduddha2]

+Bert Visscher thx

[@theduddha2]

+Bert Visscher Was a weak newbie at this time. Learned exclusively from books. You are correct.