The Power of Ko and How to Control It | Stanislaw Frejlak 1p

[@ThanatosMORTIS]

Great lesson! Thank you, it was very easy to understand, and Im confident that it will help me in my games. I would like to see more videos from Stanislaw. He's definitely a great addition to the team! Keep it up, yall. Thanks for all the fantastic Go content

[@GoMagic]

This video is part of a much larger course about ko. Full course will be available on gomagic.org soon. =)

[@rcookie5128]

The production quality is really high! The zooming out (0:36), the "boss" sign, etc. Just as nice as the content itself!

[@GoMagic]

Thanks! We want to mak it as entertaining as we can without losing the educational part.

[@onbrokenwingz07]

Really enjoyed this. Looking forward to more from Stanislaw.

[@GoMagic]

The entire course on ko is coming soon - on our website =)

[@ohadyeger5583]

Best video yet I'm 1 kyu and this changed my whole thinking of ko

[@federacionuruguayadego]

Magic course!

[@GoMagic]

Yep! Another one!

[@averymasters]

This video and monkey jump one should be seen by every ddk. Learning to see both a potential loss and a potential gain from a "capture" something just about every other game or part of irl life says must be avoided. The song, "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult will now play in my head during Go matches, reminding me "Don't Fear the Ko".

[@GoMagic]

It might be a bit challenging for a DDK, but you're right overall - these two lesson can definitely turn the tide in many games.

[@averymasters]

@@GoMagic Well a day later and the teaching on Ko single handedly changed one match I had from losing by 11 to winning by 11 even though the AI predicted 99% loss, was about to pass and then, the image of the corner ko demonstrated helped me take a corner i woulda thought a lost cause just a day before. Think about it like this, you don't have to be a black belt to break a few boards if someone teaches you the proper technique and your mind keeps that knowledge fresh and ready to go when the time is right.

[@Hiromanju]

Great, I'm learning much

[@Crackfee-chan]

Great video, I will try 2 use more kos now

[@GoMagic]

👍

[@vgeorge97]

Nice! Could you explain what empty triangles are in another video?

[@ningbosmash6750]

Hello! Empty Triangle is a shape like this: - - - - - - O - - O O - - - - - One important distinction is that the triangle is only "empty" when there is no enemy stone in position X below - - - - - X O - - O O - - - - - At 2:05 when he mentions "don't play this connection and get an empty triangle," he is referring to this shape occurring with the 3 stones on the left side of the white group of 4 (which is similar to a T-block in Tetris). By itself, that shape would have two empty triangles: - - - - - - - O - - - O O O - - - - - - Ultimately, the problem with an empty triangle is that it is inefficient. Despite having three stones, it only has 7 liberties. A straight line of three stones has 8. Furthermore, The same level of connection between the stones can be achieved with a kosumi, this shape below. If an opponent plays at either a or b, you can connect at the other point, and the triangle is NOT empty because it pressures an enemy stone. - - - - - a O - - O b - - - - - Please let me know if that makes sense.

[@vgeorge97]

@@ningbosmash6750 that's a perfect explanation thank you!

[@ningbosmash6750]

Happy to help! @@vgeorge97

[@GoMagic]

Thank you for taking the time to explain it this way!

[@CrawlingAxle]

Why do go players constantly compare go to other games? The whole board is "intertwined" happens in other board games too, like shogi, where a captured piece can be dropped anywhere on the board, so a threat to capture is a threat to attack elsewhere.

[@GoMagic]

Go players tend to compare Go to other games because the dynamics of influence, territory, and balance are so unique in Go-it’s not just about capturing but controlling space across the whole board. But you're right, other games like Shogi also have that interconnectedness with their own flavor of strategy.

[@saunajakkara]

How does a ko become a won/lost ko? Is it when either one stops fighting the ko or is it something else?

[@GoMagic]

We'd say that Black wins the ko after Black captures the ko first and then ignores a ko threat and connects the ko.

[@martijnh333]

I like your still.

[@GoMagic]

🥰

[@bubbahottep8644]

Count threats?

[@GoMagic]

That's one of the basic things. But there are more.

[@bubbahottep8644]

@@GoMagic From my lofty position of 16 kyu, I agree.

[@GoMagic]

As a 16 kyu, you probably don't need to learn how to play ko yet =) Just focus on the basics.

[@bubbahottep8644]

@@GoMagic I try. I have AI Go; what is the best go playing website? Thanks much.

[@martinschissler9208]

please stop using your hands like this when talking or become a magician in las vegas

[@GoMagic]

But he is a magician. Go magician.

[@martinschissler9208]

@@GoMagic you got me :) but where are the white tigers?

[@GoMagic]

🤷‍♂️

[@ambion19]

Sure the tiger's mouth was right there

[@ybor20]

The teaching is not bad but you should make a choice: either become an ever better teacher, or you go on as not such a good comedian. I'm an adult and you talk to me as I'm 5 year old. Yes I know the other teachers also bring in a lot of non-go things, but at least they approach me as an adult. You just don't have it, so please stick to the teaching that's more than enough entertainment. And yes I know, few people will make this kind of comments, but I studied theory of education and I learned how good teaching works.An keep in mind, the ones who have the same feelings as I have, just quit without making a comment.

[@GoMagic]

Hmm what exactly are you referring to as being "aimed at a 5 year old"? At Go Magic we believe that learning needs to be fun as well as educational. So if there's some extra stuff besides Go, it's only there for better illustration purposes. If there is an occasional joke, it's there to make a lesson more cheerful rather than monotonous and mechanical.

[@ybor20]

@@GoMagic Learning should be fun, that's true, but the fun comes with what you learn. The AHA Experience is a good description: the material is presented in such a way that the problem comes first, and then in an unexpected way the solution suddenly appears. Or different problems are depicted where it is not clear what they have to do with each other... until the solution is found and then it turns out to show how those different problems have something in common. Sometimes we use examples from another field, that's all possible. However, the way he tries to be funny here is exactly the same as we do when we work with 5 year old children. That's how you talk to children, not to adults. He's exaggerating and, simply put, he just doesn't have it. Like in this video, the way he starts talking about the ko..." here I will tell you how not to be afraid of the ko... if I'm there he won't bite you! And when you go to sleep tonight, take a look under your bed...there won't be a Ko, but maybe a croKOdile" ...

[@estendodollendo2489]

As adults we are still kids inside i don't see your points and who cares? ^^

[@ybor20]

@@estendodollendo2489indeed, I don't care what you see or don't see

[@mattt180]

@@ybor20 Insufferably pretentious. These lessons are free, and you've decided to be rude rather than grateful. Ironically, it makes you seem more childish.