How to Play Go
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Learn the rules to the board game Go quickly and concisely - This visually rich video has no distractions, just the rules.
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RULES:
The object of the game is to get the most points. You receive points by either capturing opponent’s stones, called prisoners, or controlling empty territory on the board. Setup. Layout the board between two players. The board is typically a 19 x 19 grid, but you can play on a smaller one. If you are a beginner it is recommended you start on a 9 x 9 grid. The weaker player takes all the black stones while the stronger player receives the white stones.
Play starts with black, then turns alternate. On your turn you may either place 1 stone of your color onto any vacant intersection on the board or you may pass your turn and hand one of your stones to your opponent. When there are two consecutive passes, the game ends and points are scored.
At the end of the game, players receive 1 point for each captured prisoner and 1 point for each vacant intersection inside a territory they control. Intersections include every crossing of lines on the board including edges.
The empty intersections, which are horizontally and vertically adjacent to a stone, are called liberties. Stones of the same color that occupy adjacent liberties create a string. Only stones which are horizontally or vertically adjacent are solidly connected; diagonals do not count as connections. Strings also have liberties. Several strings close together, which belong to the same player, are often described as a group.
An isolated stone or solidly connected string of stones is captured when all its liberties are occupied by enemy stones. A player may not self-capture, that is, play a stone into a position where it would have no liberties or it would form part of a string which would thereby have no liberties. The only exception is, if, as a result, one or more of the stones surrounding it, is captured.
Two vacant spaces within a group or string are known as eyes. Any string or group of stones which has two or more eyes is permanently safe from capture and is referred to as a “live string” or “live group”. A string of stones which is unable to make two eyes and is surrounded by live enemy strings, is called a “dead string”.
Players are not obliged to complete the capture of an isolated dead string once it is clear to both players that the string is dead. This is called a “hopeless string” because it is unable to avoid eventual capture. You are allowed to leave hopeless strings as they are until the end of the game.
“Ko” describes a pattern of stones where a capture and recapture could happen infinitely. The ko rule removes this possibility of infinite repetition by forbidding the recapture of the ko until at least one play has been made elsewhere.
When you think your territories are all safe, and you can't gain any more territory, reduce your opponent's territory or capture more strings; instead of playing a stone on the board you pass, and hand a stone to your opponent as a prisoner. Two consecutive passes end the game.
At the end of the game, all hopeless strings on the board are removed and become prisoners. If you cannot agree whether a string is dead or not, then continue playing so you can complete the capture of disputed strings or confirm they are alive. Playing during a continuation like this will not change the score as each play is the same as a pass. But, since Black played first, White must play last and may need to make a further pass.
Each player counts their points from prisoners and captured intersections they control and whoever has the most, wins.
One of the best features of the game of Go is its handicap system. A weaker player may be given an advantage of anything up to nine stones. These are placed on the dots on the board in lieu of Black's first turn. Once all the handicap stones have been placed in position, it is White's turn to play. The established pattern for the placement of handicap stones follows these specific arrangements, similar to dots on a die and a one stone advantage grants the opponent the position of playing black... - Навчання та стиль
This is the best explanation of Go I have ever found because there are many rules and combinations that maybe complex for beginners, and it has been difficult to find a straight forward and concise explanation of the rules. Bravo and thanks!
Came here to learn GO, but only learnt that how much important is to moisterize your hands!
lol i thought it was chalk powder at first
Here I was thinking my hands got rough from working but he got me there
I thought the same
:( cmon... give the guy a break
Man.. let the poor guy live
Note: there are two major variants of the game that are different mainly in how it's scored. The Chinese variant counts all the pieces and doesn't allow unoccupied territories, while Japanese variant allows unoccupied territories and only counts what's inside the border, not the border itself. Both rules usually yields the same result in terms of who wins the round.
(Not sure if this is all of it, but giving that all the strategy guides aren't made exclusively for either of the two variants, it shouldn't matter much.)
Which varient of the game is more popular?
@@skatmanscott they are practically the same, so people don't really think about it that much unless in tournaments I think.
In fact, for casual play I even doubt people would do the scoring. Each round can easily go for more than 2 hours and by then people would likely just decide the winner by glance.
@@skatmanscott Chinese has more players since China is a bigger nation, but Japanese scoring is more popular in America. That said, almost always the scores will never differ by more than a single point, which will rarely if ever make the difference in a game. The rules described in the video are roughly the American Go Association rules. Basically, they add the rule that you have to pass a stone when you pass, which makes it the same whether you count score in the Chinese or Japanese way. The differences between scoring styles make no difference in strategy, and aren't very relevant until you get to complex endgame positions as an advanced player.
how about yhe korean variants? do they follow the chinese or the japanese or have their own variants?
@@reigenlucilfer6154тот же вопрос. Мне кто-то говорил, что корейцы предпочитают японские правила, но я не знаю, правда ли это
that is the driest hand i have ever seen yet.
Thats all I got from this video
lol, so true.
Hahahaha
thought i was the only person who noticed
@Jasper Gunnar happy to help :)
Thank you for taking the time to explain how to play. I have wanted to try this game forever and so far your tutorial has the best information I've come across.😊
That was the best and shortest explanation I've watched yet! I see why the app on my phone has been absolutely hammering me now! Thank you!! 😊
It has been said that you need to lose 100 games, (not in a row, mind you) before you understand the game.
Something like that, anyway. lol
I'm really interested to this game.. this is so far the easiest guide. Thanks! (This is game is harder than I thought)
Thanks!
In Korea, some collages (or is it 'universities') award degrees in Go.
@@FistandFootMartialArtsSouth Korea is a deeply degenerate nation though.
i saw this on criminal minds and wanted to see how hard it really was. i believe them.
I thought you came from HxH because of your pfp.
Lol me too and first episode I think
To me it looks like simple, just that it's hard to explain simply that makes it difficult to understand
@@arttukettunen5757 It's extremely straightforward and relatively easy to pick up the rules to, but the complexity of the game comes basically from the situations which can arise from within these relatively simplistic rules. Much like when teaching chess you might not bring up castling or en passant at first, in Go you have any number of situational rules which complicate the game immensely that you really don't want to bog the learner with.
It's probably one of the most fundamental "easy to learn, difficult to master" games available.
God a I hate you modern fad TV show NPCs.
0:41 he needs to try out some hand cream
@Thegame .Dev I lol'ed
That's not even relevant to what hes talking about
Yeah, whaddaya think?
Bill Burr was right! White people don’t know about lotion!
@@avaava2102 No, but it is in the video so it is part of the content. You said 'he's' but what has his gender got to do with it? You see my point?
Short, concise, to the point. Thank you!
Finally, now I understand this game after like 5 games.
Excellent video. I'm new to Go and you explained everything I've seen in other videos and clarified a couple of questions in less than 5 minutes. I see I have a long way to go and some of the rules will only be understood by playing.
Here after watching Knives Out. Looks like such a fun game!
firewordsparkler me too, holy shit.
that movie SUCKED
@@lucky8503 No
SAME!!!
Same lol
Now I can understand the game in "The Glory"
Bruh that’s the reason why I’m here cause of the Netflix show ‘the glory’
Yeah same, here cuz of that. X3
I came here after watching alpha go AI documentary. Interesting game indeed.
Same
Same man 💀
Me too!!!! That was so interesting! In the beginning I so wanted the AI to win and then later I was so rooting for the human :D
Same
Extremely well-made video. Very clear and helpful!
Who wrote this? Excellent narrative! Answers necesary questions even before we ask. If in English class, you'd get an A+! Excellent outline!
i've got no idea what is going on
the objective of the game is to try to capture as much area on the board with your stones. If your stones are surrounded from all sides, your stones are dead and will be taken away.
Try the "In Sente" channel. It's excellent for beginners...
@Rohan Vidhate because chess is popular in the west unlike go. Go is mainly popular in countries like china, japan, and korea.
Hey! We can understand it's a very beautiful as well as complex at the same time. We have curated a blog for a very beginner like you at gameofgo.app. 🖐😊
@johnny flappie Beware. It has been described as the most difficult board game ever created by a professional go player named Lee Sedol. If you don't like challenging stuff, don't even bother. Life's easier when you only do easy stuff anyway, right?
I’m just here from hunter x hunter
Same
@@pretzelschannel6595 I don't remember shikamaru playing Go. He and his father and Asuma play a lot of shogi
@@joaocanela5875 Oh wait. Maybe I read the wrong subtitle .-.
Bruh me too 😂 and from no game no life
Same
When I was very young about 8 or 9, I played this game at daycare. Just now with this video did I realize that's what the game was.
Lol i thought this was Othello, or Reversi
Great explanation, but there's visual mistakes in the video.
1. The proper way to hold stones is with the index and ring finger, not thumb and index finger. This helps to prevent accidentally moving other stones when placing yours.
2. The endgame board is full of plays that are incomplete. You removed a few stones that aren't dead and counted a few territories that are not real. Also both players still have room to slightly invade territories.
Great video. I still don't get it lol. Gonna have to watch 20 more times lol.
came after Knives Out haha bc ive never even heard of the game before and was so curious!
Me too
Birds of a feather
Awesome, thank you for the guide to playing Go.
Very good description, except for the very important point. you need to handle the stone different way, between your index and middle finger’s tops
He's using a super small board with really tiny stones so I guess i don't blame him.
I saw this game the first time when I started watching The Glory. It seems really interesting and fun, thanks for explaining! >w
The segment was more detailed. I'm impressed.
I am so lost. It's not that your video isn't helpful but there's so much to learn. Go reminds me of a game played in the book, A wise man's fear, called Tak I believe.
I arm wrestled my opponent and won; therefore, I am white.
white is determined by players of equal strength by the player holding the black stones picking up one or two stones. and white grabbing a handful of stones. both players will reveal the stones they picked. next white counts up the stones they grabbed in their handful where it is visible to their opponent. If the number is even and black picked 2 stones, then black gets to pick color, he can stay as black or play white. if the number was odd and black picked 1 stone same thing.
However if the number is even and black picked 1 stone then the person with the white stone picks the color, same with picking the wrong choice (odd or even)
@@taotzu1339 you never come back ! Lol
wtf lol
rEEEEEEEist
I’m about to watch the deepmind alpha go AI documentary so I need the basics to fully grasp it
That sounds awesome!! I should watch that!
Yeah I started watching the documentary and at about 5 minutes in it didn't seem like they were going to explain the rules of the game so I decided to watch this video
Digital Queso same lol
I learned the name of this game from the Alpha go deepmind win over the best go player in world. And the amazing thing in the AI is that : in chess there are only logical moves, so the chess AI calculates all logical moves according to the depth level given in algorithm.
But in go ai : it also depends on intuition as claimed by best players of world ( told by creators of Alpha go ai ). Because it is not completely logical based moves. And also 19*19 is much bigger trillions of time bigger for AI calculation perspective as compared to chess. So brute force algorithms are not of much use here. And still that AI defeated the best player.
It says something that AI can even outperform humans not only in area of logical calculation based work but also in other fields very easily.
They might have fed the AI large amount of go games data and also used reinforced learning which improves by experience.
AI seems to be completely going to transform the world in next 20 years. As the world got changed from 80's to 2020, by advent of pc then internet and then smartphones app based world.
But this time the transformation will take only half of time. That is 20 years. As the machinery is already developed. Its all about software developments and algorithms only..
@@LJdaentertainer lmao I have the docu paused at 4:53 when I searched for this video
Thank you. Clear and concise.
I knew go was complicated but I didn't know it was this complicated
Pretty good explanation. Feels like a combination of reversi and pigs in a pen.
At 0:57, aren't there two more spots in territory they control? Why aren't they given green dots?
At 2:13, it should say "surrounded by a live enemy string OR GROUP" since the black string shown is surrounded by a white group, right?
2:25 Wait, what's the difference between a dead string and a hopeless string?
i was a beginner years ago (and i still am i guess) so until a better response: i. at 0:57, those spots are suicide. so, there are no moves. ii. & iii string or a group: no presence of “eyes” here mean all moves you make in there are already dead, so you leave it like that. and your opponent will not lose moves killing and removing them from the board. (all have technical names that i don’t remember.) hope these help.
In both spots you're thinking of, there's a white piece that can be captured by placing 4 black pieces around it, so they don't count yet.
I seldom hear people discuss the AGA passing stones. Good call bringing it up.
best GO explaination online
POV: I'm here learning how to play Go because of the hikaru no go series🥴
here after watching Reply 1988 ._.
bruh same
Same bruh. I just had to know😂😄
And now we know why Taek played for 13 hours and his brain was so completely fried that he couldn't even sleep or eat afterwards 😂
omg same gshsgshhd
No wonder Choi Taek always had a headache
thanks, very good overview with the how to.
Thank you! That was very informative.
Its weird all these comments say they found out about go thru anime etc yet NO ONE MENTIONS HIKARU NO GO! -_-
yeah wth, I found it through hikaru no go
I'm here after watching HxH anime yo!! Gungi
Shout out Kumugi and Meruem hahaha
when did they play go in hxh?
@@annie8064 season 3 chimera ant arc.
When the ant king got a castle for himself and got bored waiting
@@randominternetviewer166 fanks luv
This game just makes me think of The Part when Lydia and Scott enter stiles’s mind and this is when we see stiles and the nogitsune playing you guessed it, Game Of Go.
Teen wolf, criminal minds and knives out made me really want to play this game
@@frances1227 also HxH
Woah Teen Wolf!? That's crazy!
Why is this game not a regular thing! I would love to play this game with someone
Thank you!
3:38 in the top left for example, how does that work if there are black stones partially surrounding that territory? Doesn't the white need to completely surround the territory for it to not be neutral? Are those dead stones?
You're correct that White needs to fully surround for it to be territory; it is fully surrounded is the thing. If you look closely at the board you'll see that White has a giant piece of territory which walls off the left side of the board, and the Black territory within it are just Black stones that are alive. Hope this helps!
You are correct, also at the bottom, there is a group of white stones that didn't fully surround their territory
time to watch Hikaru no Go
Thank you 😊
short and good guide, But it bother me that u removed the 4 black stones in the lower mid, they not dead.
If I remember correctly, i copied the board from the final results of an Alphago match. I can’t remember which one though (I think it was against ke jie)
@@TripleSGames I appreciate the intention to explain the game, but as there is a mistake in the video, you may end up sowing confusion rather than enlightenment.
Perhaps the problem is with selecting a game that you don't quite understand as an illustrative example. The 4 black stones have to connect to the group on the lower right, so where they would connect won't count as black territory, although it would count as dame or a neutral point. The stones are not a hopeless string as you call it however, and the removal of them from the board doesn't make sense especially if you are going to mark the area they stood on as white's territory.
I'm kinda sad that there's not as many go variants as there are for chess. Even though Go is way older than chess. I like the idea of 3D Go, even tho that would probably be a mess.
lets all thank this dude for teaching us go by buying him some lotion for those hands
Good explanation of this game.
I have seen some of your other videos, helpful as always, thanks!
Thanks for the support!!!
@@TripleSGames :D
how to play othelo or reversi btw feels good that you are finnaly back
Thanks, I have a bunch coming. Not sure after that.
Thanks! I used this as a reference in my translation of a game about go, so I appreciate it.
Btw I think your hands need some lotion bro
Ready, Set, GO!
Is this scored correctly at 3:35? How is the territory, top left, White? should it not be neutral?
Ditto, centre bottom. someone please explain how these are white territories when some of the boundary stones are black.
@@walterbarker2 they are not whites territories they didn't score correctly .
@@09ziyad Thanks for confirming that!
when a player passes and has to give a stone to their opponent is that stone counted as a point/prisoner?
Yes
@@TripleSGames Never heard or read about that rule anywhere else. Can you link to another source for that rule?
No its not counted as a point because no such rule exist in Go, penalizing someone for passing makes no sense, since you have to either fill out Dame or give your opponent free points for no reason.
if you pass, and your opponent chooses not to pass and captures one of your stones, they get that stone as a prisoner/point
@@flinkultur989 The rule only exists in American Go Association rules, British Go Association rules, and French rules, but not in other countries rules.
I understood the purpose of this video but the explanation from this guy make it x10 messier than how easy it is to get started.
Why would you pass a stone as a prisoner on pass? Never heard about it. Do players do it during tournaments etc.?
can you please do a video on how to play match attax
The rules are the same as regular go, except for no changes. For a refresher of those rules, keep watching this video.
It's a neat game
When the game is done, is it called Went?
Thank you for sharing!! 🙏👏⚡️
Dude moisturize your hands man -lol
There's nothing wrong with his hands! You're obviously not following this
Pay attention.
@@E-Kat sup karen
@@pranavalaparthi2021 hahaha
What are you? A hand freak, or something.
@@kobiecamp1134 yes I am a dermatologist.
Go is in 51 worldwide games on the Switch.
cant believe how fast meruem mastered this game!!!!
This game and Sovereign Chess both have pretty complex rules. They take a short time to learn, but they take a REALLY LONG TIME TO MASTER.
Anyways, this was an AMAZING explanation for the game, and i'm still slightly confused at it all. Kinda same with Sovereign Chess. (the confusion part, not the explanation part. The explanation to Sovereign Chess was also very amazing. I'm just also confused at Sovereign chess slightly because the computer version is a bit glitchy and makes it slightly confusing.)
nice!! dusio!두시오!
wow thank you so much i now know how to play!!!
Great!
@@TripleSGames I was kidding you suck at explaining things
@@BHSAHFAD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a time consuming game! Looks like it will take the whole day to play!
Yeah, that's why my brother and I set up time limit when playing.
Top level professional games sometimes take months
thank you
I love this game. I know how to play it. Its just hard to win. I play it on google play. Really love the game. Its one of the hardest ones to win. I've only one a few. I know how to play Backgammon. My brother knows how to play Chess. I don't. lol.
Wait, you capture other pieces by surrounding them with your colour?
Suddenly the Pogo-A-Gogo minigame from Crash Bash makes infinitely more sense.
it has 3 gos in the name...
K lol, I'll stick with good ol' chess...
You must have read my mind.
Dang that's crazy.
How does one determine their respective strength? Do they duel or do some sort of competition
Yes, there is competitions amateur and professional.
and ranks or similar to elo chess. From Kyu, Dan, and Professional Dan
Thank you
@@God-in8dv you're welcome
Chat gpt said its strategy game. So I'm here
When i was 8 i thought monopoly was the most confusing game id ever heard of. Im 38 now and Go takes its place.
Rule wise there isn't much to the game. It's just that there are so many ways to play it.
5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel: Am I a joke to you?
(Seriously, the game is super complicated.)
Now I know why most people don't get into this...
Pretty much why it's not popular in the west unfortunately. Maybe in some cities in america but not that much.
I'm here with The Glory series anybody with me 😺
Meee! >w
I hope this video has a transcript so I can just read what you're saying.
That’s a good idea. I might have to implement that...
Thanks!
You bet!
Moisturize them hands boi!
How is the disadvantage of playing second equal or average to around 7 points?
You can gain control of a corner or area with as little as a single stone, so going first has the advantage. This was realized through countless historical games before komi was introduced where black had a more frequent win rate.
Great video, but there are some scoring errors in 3:17
Hikaru no Go and MISVIL~
China wants to capture more territories in a game as well
At 0:57 why is the white territory in the bottom left corner not counted here?!, while the territory above it in the top left is counted, I'm confused
Theoretically That territory could still be captured by black because it isn’t in a live string
wait... go and gomoku aren't the same?!
0:58 why was 2 empty intersection wasnt count as captured territory? At first i though because it wasnt connected as a string but on 3:36 you count every part that wasnt connected to each other as string as captured territory.
My other thought is because the piece can still be captured, but it should still be temporarily count as captured territory?
0:58 those two spots are unclear yet since those two spots still has the risk of getting captured. (black can hypothetically play three stones surrounding one of those spots and theyll be in risk of "atari"*) so theyre generally not counted as territory yet.**
3:36 those strings are considered indirectly connected because black has absolutely no chance of threatening those stones. try and imagine black trying to "disconnect" those indirectly connected strings and you'll see how easy it is for white to stop black's attempt. there is no point in bothering to directly connect those strings so white simply left them to be indirectly connected.
Notes:
* atari is a term used to describe a stone or a group that is about to be captured because it only has one liberty left.
** "why are those stones from 0:58 not considered territory yet in 3:36 its counted as such even though its the same situation whereas both cases are not directly connected?"
Because in 0:58 there are still loads of things that can happen and we can still imagine a future where Black can threaten these two spots (situation like black creating a large threat that forces white to fill in those spots and etc). Us not counting those two spots as territory is really just an estimation of the final result. Whereas in 3:36, there is absolutely no future for black that makes it possible for him to threaten that territory. White wouldnt even need to fight back if Black tries to disconnect or take that territory because whatever Black does in White's territory it will be considered "dead" and just be removed at the scoring phase. Since we are sure Black cant do anything against White's strings on 3:36, we can count those places as territory.
***"wdym by "dead" A stone or a group being "dead" means they have no chance of surviving in wherever they are. "Dead" stones are automatically removed in the scoring phase and some rule sets even use those final dead stones as captured stones to lessen the opponents final territory (captured stones are placed onto enemy territory to lessen their territory).
Hope this helps.
The most toughest board game??
Instructions unclear, I got pulled over by a cop for speeding.
I thought the kome was usually set to 6.5.
Fun fact: Go was originally made in China 4,000 years ago.
This is also baduk. Korean game.
Is there how do) find out who won a board game with a photograph
One way is to clean up the board my moving stones until all of the territories are simple grids. Then you can use basic multiplication and addition to count the territory points.
What happens if there are tremors during a tournament?
Whoever plays White has to hold the board and whoever plays black has to refill the spilled drinks.
I heard about this game from a True Crime channel covering multiple murders in Japan.
This sounds too hard! No wonder it’s popular in China and Japan!!! Only for the smarter countries!!! Lol