Hi. New to learning go. I’ve played a couple matches and done a few interactive tutorials… I’m having trouble learning what seem to be the “fundamentals” like shapes and opening the game up, etc. If anyone’s interested in playing teaching games with a total noob, it would be much appreciated!
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I’ve sent you an invite for a teaching game - under the assumption that correspondence is fine with you. If it isn’t, just decline.
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sure feel free to challenge me correspondent
tonybe
October 6, 2020, 10:00pm
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With regards to the fundamentals, I wrote these 3 articles specifically for players who are just starting out. I hope you find them helpful:
19x19 FOR BEGINNERS SERIES
THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 25 KYU
Part 1: Sente and Gote
Welcome back! In my introduction to the series, I tried to give the beginning player a broad overview of the 19x19 Go game. In this section, I am going to drill down to the nitty gritty of one element of the game, and I could think of nothing more fundamental than the paired concepts of sente and gote. Loosely translated, the terms mean initiative and response, and once you understand how these concepts p…
19 X 19 FOR BEGINNERS SERIES
THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 25 KYU
Part 2: Settling Your Stones
[A quick disclaimer for any readers who are SDK and up: this series was written by a DDK for TPKs, with the goal of making the process of “losing their first 100 games quickly” less confusing and more productive. As you read it, you may become concerned at the number of important concepts I’m leaving out, or the crudity of analysis used in the examples.
If you find yourself wanting to fill those …
19x19 FOR BEGINNERS SERIES
THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 25 KYU
PART 3: PLAYING A BALANCED OPENING
[A quick disclaimer for any readers who are SDK and up: this series was written by a DDK for TPKs, with the goal of making the process of “losing their first 100 games quickly” less confusing and more productive. I say this because you may become concerned at all the crucial elements of the opening I’m about to leave out of the story. All through this article, I am going to encourage TPKs to a…
Good luck!
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You can send me a teaching game btw pls make correspondent
Groin
October 12, 2020, 6:11am
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Simply put, it’s normal. You know the saying “lose 100 games…” Keep playing (with fun), more understanding will come by itself.
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